diff --git a/Mail/Hailgun.hs b/Mail/Hailgun.hs
--- a/Mail/Hailgun.hs
+++ b/Mail/Hailgun.hs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
    , HailgunDomain(..)
    , HailgunDomainResponse(..)
    , HailgunTime(..)
+   , toProxy
    ) where
 
 import            Control.Applicative ((<$>), (<*>), pure)
@@ -356,3 +357,6 @@
 
 instance ParseTime HailgunTime where
    buildTime l = HailgunTime . zonedTimeToUTC . buildTime l
+
+toProxy :: String -> Int -> Proxy
+toProxy host port = Proxy (BC.pack host) port
diff --git a/hailgun.cabal b/hailgun.cabal
--- a/hailgun.cabal
+++ b/hailgun.cabal
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 -- PVP summary:      +-+------- breaking API changes
 --                   | | +----- non-breaking API additions
 --                   | | | +--- code changes with no API change
-version:             0.2.0.0
+version:             0.2.1.0
 
 -- A short (one-line) description of the package.
 synopsis:            Mailgun REST api interface for Haskell.