diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2014, Kevin Cotrone
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Kevin Cotrone nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/aeson-serialize.cabal b/aeson-serialize.cabal
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+Name:                   aeson-serialize
+Version:                0.0.0
+Author:                 Kevin Cotrone <kevincotrone@gmail.com>
+Maintainer:             Kevin Cotrone <kevincotrone@gmail.com>
+License:                BSD3
+License-File:           LICENSE
+Synopsis:               Simple serialization functions for aeson types
+Description:            Serialize a type using json instances
+Cabal-Version:          >= 1.10
+Build-Type:             Simple
+
+Library
+  Default-Language:     Haskell2010
+  HS-Source-Dirs:       src
+  GHC-Options:          -Wall
+  Exposed-Modules:      Data.Aeson.Serialize
+  Other-Modules:        Data.Aeson.Serialize.Internal
+  Build-Depends:        base >= 4 && < 5
+                      , aeson
+                      , cereal
+
+Test-Suite spec
+  Type:                 exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  Default-Language:     Haskell2010
+  Hs-Source-Dirs:       src
+                      , test
+  Ghc-Options:          -Wall
+  Main-Is:              Spec.hs
+  Build-Depends:        base
+                      , hspec
+                      , aeson
+                      , cereal
+                      , HUnit
+
+Source-Repository head
+  Type:                 git
+  Location:             git@github.com:plow-technologies/aeson-serialize.git
diff --git a/src/Data/Aeson/Serialize.hs b/src/Data/Aeson/Serialize.hs
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+module Data.Aeson.Serialize where
+
+import           Data.Aeson
+import           Data.Serialize hiding (decode, encode)
+
+-- | put function for all serialization of a json type
+putToJSON :: (ToJSON a) => Putter a
+putToJSON = put . encode
+
+-- | get function for all deserialization of a json type
+getFromJSON :: (FromJSON a) => Get a
+getFromJSON = get >>= (either fail return) . eitherDecode
+
+
+-- The intended use is to define an instance of Serialize where get and put are putToJSON and getFromJSON respectively
diff --git a/src/Data/Aeson/Serialize/Internal.hs b/src/Data/Aeson/Serialize/Internal.hs
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+module Data.Aeson.Serialize.Internal
+    (
+    ) where
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}