diff --git a/ChangeLog.md b/ChangeLog.md
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+# Revision history for uri-bytestring-aeson
+
+## 0.1.0.0  -- 2017-04-17
+
+* First version. Released on an unsuspecting world.
diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2017, Simon Hafner
+
+All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+
+    * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+      notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+
+    * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+      copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+      disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided
+      with the distribution.
+
+    * Neither the name of Simon Hafner nor the names of other
+      contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived
+      from this software without specific prior written permission.
+
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diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
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+# uri-bytestring-aeson
+Aeson instance for URI.Bytestring
diff --git a/Setup.hs b/Setup.hs
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+import Distribution.Simple
+main = defaultMain
diff --git a/src/URI/ByteString/Aeson.hs b/src/URI/ByteString/Aeson.hs
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+module URI.ByteString.Aeson () where
+
+import           Data.Aeson
+import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
+import           URI.ByteString
+import           Data.Text.Encoding
+import           Control.Monad
+
+class ParseJSONURI a where
+  parseJSONURI :: BS.ByteString -> Either URIParseError (URIRef a)
+
+instance ParseJSONURI Absolute where
+  parseJSONURI = parseURI laxURIParserOptions
+
+instance ParseJSONURI Relative where
+  parseJSONURI = parseRelativeRef laxURIParserOptions
+
+instance ParseJSONURI a => FromJSON (URIRef a) where
+  parseJSON = parseJSON >=> either (fail . show) pure . parseJSONURI . encodeUtf8
+
+instance ToJSON (URIRef f) where
+  toJSON = toJSON . decodeUtf8 . serializeURIRef'
diff --git a/uri-bytestring-aeson.cabal b/uri-bytestring-aeson.cabal
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+-- Initial uri-bytestring-aeson.cabal generated by cabal init.  For further
+--  documentation, see http://haskell.org/cabal/users-guide/
+
+name:                uri-bytestring-aeson
+version:             0.1.0.0
+synopsis:            Aeson instances for URI Bytestring
+-- description:
+homepage:            https://github.com/reactormonk/uri-bytestring-aeson
+license:             BSD3
+license-file:        LICENSE
+author:              Simon Hafner
+maintainer:          hafnersimon@gmail.com
+-- copyright:
+category:            URI
+build-type:          Simple
+extra-source-files:  ChangeLog.md, README.md
+cabal-version:       >=1.10
+source-repository head
+  type:     git
+  location: git@github.com:reactormonk/uri-bytestring-aeson.git
+
+library
+  exposed-modules:
+    URI.ByteString.Aeson
+  -- other-modules:
+  -- other-extensions:
+  build-depends:
+      base             >= 4.9   && < 4.10
+    , uri-bytestring   >= 0.2   && < 0.3
+    , aeson            >= 0.11  && < 1.2
+    , bytestring       >= 0.9.1 && < 0.11
+    , text             >= 1.1.1.0
+  hs-source-dirs:      src
+  default-language:    Haskell2010