diff --git a/aeson-value-parser.cabal b/aeson-value-parser.cabal
--- a/aeson-value-parser.cabal
+++ b/aeson-value-parser.cabal
@@ -1,16 +1,16 @@
 name:
   aeson-value-parser
 version:
-  0.12.3
+  0.12.4
 synopsis:
   An API for parsing "aeson" JSON tree into Haskell types
 description:
 category:
   Data, JSON, Parsing
 homepage:
-  https://github.com/sannsyn/aeson-value-parser 
+  https://github.com/sannsyn/aeson-value-parser
 bug-reports:
-  https://github.com/sannsyn/aeson-value-parser/issues 
+  https://github.com/sannsyn/aeson-value-parser/issues
 author:
   Nikita Volkov <nikita.y.volkov@mail.ru>
 maintainer:
@@ -26,14 +26,12 @@
 cabal-version:
   >=1.10
 
-
 source-repository head
   type:
     git
   location:
     git://github.com/sannsyn/aeson-value-parser.git
 
-
 library
   hs-source-dirs:
     library
@@ -41,21 +39,21 @@
     Arrows, BangPatterns, ConstraintKinds, DataKinds, DefaultSignatures, DeriveDataTypeable, DeriveFunctor, DeriveGeneric, EmptyDataDecls, FlexibleContexts, FlexibleInstances, FunctionalDependencies, GADTs, GeneralizedNewtypeDeriving, LambdaCase, LiberalTypeSynonyms, MagicHash, MultiParamTypeClasses, MultiWayIf, NoImplicitPrelude, NoMonomorphismRestriction, OverloadedStrings, PatternGuards, ParallelListComp, QuasiQuotes, RankNTypes, RecordWildCards, ScopedTypeVariables, StandaloneDeriving, TemplateHaskell, TupleSections, TypeFamilies, TypeOperators, UnboxedTuples
   default-language:
     Haskell2010
-  other-modules:
   exposed-modules:
     Aeson.ValueParser
   build-depends:
     --
-    aeson == 1.*,
-    json-pointer == 0.1.*,
-    json-pointer-aeson == 0.1.*,
-    -- 
-    unordered-containers == 0.2.*,
-    vector >= 0.10 && < 0.13,
-    scientific == 0.3.*,
-    text == 1.*,
+    aeson ==1.*,
+    json-pointer ==0.1.*,
+    json-pointer-aeson ==0.1.*,
     --
+    unordered-containers ==0.2.*,
+    vector >=0.10 && <0.13,
+    scientific ==0.3.*,
+    text ==1.*,
+    bytestring >=0.10 && <0.12,
+    --
     foldl >=1.3 && <2,
-    transformers >= 0.5 && < 0.7,
-    mtl-prelude < 3,
-    base-prelude >= 0.1.19 && < 2
+    transformers >=0.5 && <0.7,
+    mtl-prelude <3,
+    base-prelude >=0.1.19 && <2
diff --git a/library/Aeson/ValueParser.hs b/library/Aeson/ValueParser.hs
--- a/library/Aeson/ValueParser.hs
+++ b/library/Aeson/ValueParser.hs
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
   null,
   nullable,
   string,
+  stringAsBytes,
   number,
+  numberAsInt,
   bool,
   fromJSON,
   pointed,
@@ -35,10 +37,12 @@
 import MTLPrelude
 import Data.Text (Text)
 import Data.Scientific (Scientific)
+import Data.ByteString (ByteString)
 import Control.Foldl (Fold(..))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as A
 import qualified Data.HashMap.Strict as B
 import qualified Data.Vector as C
+import qualified Data.Text.Encoding as F
 import qualified JSONPointer.Model as D
 import qualified JSONPointer.Aeson.Interpreter as E
 
@@ -107,6 +111,11 @@
     _ ->
       Left "Not a string"
 
+{-# INLINE stringAsBytes #-}
+stringAsBytes :: Value ByteString
+stringAsBytes =
+  F.encodeUtf8 <$> string
+
 {-# INLINE number #-}
 number :: Value Scientific
 number =
@@ -115,6 +124,11 @@
       pure x
     _ ->
       Left "Not a number"
+
+{-# INLINE numberAsInt #-}
+numberAsInt :: Value Int
+numberAsInt =
+  round <$> number
 
 {-# INLINE bool #-}
 bool :: Value Bool