diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2013 Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+
+Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
+of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
+in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
+to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
+copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
+furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
+
+The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
+all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
+IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
+FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
+AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
+LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
+OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
+THE SOFTWARE.
diff --git a/Setup.lhs b/Setup.lhs
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+#!/usr/bin/env runhaskell
+> import Distribution.Simple
+> main = defaultMain
diff --git a/aeson-toolkit.cabal b/aeson-toolkit.cabal
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+name:             aeson-toolkit
+version:          0.0.0
+license:          MIT
+license-file:     LICENSE
+copyright:        (c) 2013 Simon Hengel
+author:           Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+maintainer:       Simon Hengel <sol@typeful.net>
+synopsis:         A generalization of Aeson over Failure
+description:      A generalization of Aeson over Failure
+category:         Text, Web, JSON
+build-type:       Simple
+cabal-version:    >= 1.8
+
+source-repository head
+  type: git
+  location: https://github.com/sol/aeson-toolkit
+
+library
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      src
+  exposed-modules:
+      Data.Aeson.Toolkit
+  build-depends:
+      base    == 4.*
+    , text
+    , bytestring
+    , failure
+    , aeson
+
+test-suite spec
+  type:
+      exitcode-stdio-1.0
+  ghc-options:
+      -Wall -Werror
+  hs-source-dirs:
+      test
+  main-is:
+      Spec.hs
+  build-depends:
+      base    == 4.*
+    , aeson-toolkit
+    , hspec >= 1.5
diff --git a/src/Data/Aeson/Toolkit.hs b/src/Data/Aeson/Toolkit.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE FlexibleContexts #-}
+module Data.Aeson.Toolkit where
+
+import           Data.Text (Text)
+import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as L
+import           Control.Failure
+import           Data.Aeson as Aeson
+import           Data.Aeson.Types
+
+decode :: (FromJSON a, Failure String m) => L.ByteString -> m a
+decode = either failure return . eitherDecode
+
+decode' :: (FromJSON a, Failure String m) => L.ByteString -> m a
+decode' = either failure return . eitherDecode'
+
+(.:) :: (Failure String m, FromJSON a) => Object -> Text -> m a
+o .: k = (either failure return . parseEither (Aeson..: k)) o
diff --git a/test/Spec.hs b/test/Spec.hs
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+{-# OPTIONS_GHC -F -pgmF hspec-discover #-}