diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## 0.4.2
+### Adedd
+- Forgot to add retrieval using column families.
+
 ## 0.4.1
 ### Added
 - Support column families.
diff --git a/rocksdb-query.cabal b/rocksdb-query.cabal
--- a/rocksdb-query.cabal
+++ b/rocksdb-query.cabal
@@ -4,10 +4,10 @@
 --
 -- see: https://github.com/sol/hpack
 --
--- hash: b80763c5cc5ac5d920a8520a11db9cf0eb4634498bd96fe94c7bca37ca199021
+-- hash: 9168d4dea9cbb5ba9ee1c2415d77c5a8af439e486bb3997401404c2a11b3c475
 
 name:           rocksdb-query
-version:        0.4.1
+version:        0.4.2
 synopsis:       RocksDB database querying library for Haskell
 description:    Please see the README on GitHub at <https://github.com/jprupp/rocksdb-query#readme>
 category:       Database
diff --git a/src/Database/RocksDB/Query.hs b/src/Database/RocksDB/Query.hs
--- a/src/Database/RocksDB/Query.hs
+++ b/src/Database/RocksDB/Query.hs
@@ -31,13 +31,15 @@
     => DB
     -> key
     -> m (Maybe value)
-retrieve db key =
-    R.get db (encode key) >>= \case
-        Nothing -> return Nothing
-        Just bytes ->
-            case decode bytes of
-                Left e  -> throwString e
-                Right x -> return (Just x)
+retrieve db = retrieveCommon db Nothing
+
+retrieveCF ::
+       (MonadIO m, KeyValue key value, Serialize key, Serialize value)
+    => DB
+    -> ColumnFamily
+    -> key
+    -> m (Maybe value)
+retrieveCF db cf = retrieveCommon db (Just cf)
 
 -- | Read a value from the database, or 'Nothing' if not found.
 retrieveCommon ::