diff --git a/concrete-haskell.cabal b/concrete-haskell.cabal
--- a/concrete-haskell.cabal
+++ b/concrete-haskell.cabal
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 name:                concrete-haskell
-version:             0.1.0.0
+version:             0.1.0.1
 synopsis:            Library for the Concrete data format.
 description:         Library for the Concrete data format.
 homepage:            https://github.com/hltcoe
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
 
 library
   hs-source-dirs:     src
-  exposed-modules:    Data.Concrete
+  exposed-modules:    Data.Concrete, Data.Concrete.Utils
   other-modules:      Communication_Types
                     , Access_Types
                     , Annotate_Types
@@ -47,5 +47,7 @@
                      , vector
                      , hashable
                      , bytestring
-
+                     , aeson
+                     , containers
+                     
   default-language:    Haskell2010
diff --git a/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs b/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Data/Concrete/Utils.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+module Data.Concrete.Utils
+       (
+         jsonToCommunication
+       ) where
+
+import GHC.Generics
+import qualified Data.Concrete as C
+import Data.Concrete (Communication)
+import Data.Text
+import Data.Aeson
+import Data.ByteString.Lazy
+import Data.Map
+
+instance FromJSON Communication where
+  parseJSON (Object v) = return C.default_Communication
+
+jsonToCommunication :: ByteString -> IO (Maybe Communication)
+jsonToCommunication t = do
+  return $ (decode t :: Maybe Communication)
+