diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 34ccdb9..0d6113f 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.2"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "GPL-3.0-or-later"
 repository = "https://git.askiiart.net/askiiart/cat2text-rs"
-authors = ["askiiart <mail@askiiart.net>"]
 
 [profile.release]
 opt-level = 3
diff --git a/src/base4.rs b/src/base4.rs
index 8230c65..cbd0716 100644
--- a/src/base4.rs
+++ b/src/base4.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-use std::ops::Deref;
-
 use crate::core;
 
 pub fn alphabet() -> Vec<String> {
@@ -21,8 +19,7 @@ pub fn char_length() -> u32 {
 /// 
 /// assert_eq!("meow mreow mrrp; meow mrow meow meow mrow mrow mrrp mrrp mreow meow mrrp mrrp; meow meow mrow meow meow mrrp mrrp mrrp meow mrrp meow mrow", encode("i love cats".to_string()))
 /// ```
-pub fn encode(text: impl AsRef<str>) -> String {
-    let text = text.as_ref();
+pub fn encode(text: String) -> String {
     // makes it lowercase and split by spaces
     let words: Vec<String> = text
         .to_ascii_lowercase()
@@ -86,44 +83,3 @@ pub fn decode(text: String) -> String {
 
     return output.trim().to_string();
 }
-
-
-pub mod bytes {
-    use crate::core;
-    use crate::base4::alphabet;
-/// Encodes from bytes into catspeak
-/// 
-/// ```
-/// use cat2text::base4::bytes::encode;
-/// 
-/// assert_eq!("meow meow mreow mrrp meow meow meow mrrp", encode(&[9, 1]));
-/// ```
-pub fn encode(bytes: impl AsRef<[u8]>) -> String {
-    let mut output = String::new();
-    for byte in bytes.as_ref() {
-        output += core::num_to_cat(*byte as u32, alphabet(), 4).as_str();
-        output += " ";
-    }
-    return output.trim().to_string();
-}
-
-/// Decodes catspeak into bytes
-///
-/// ```
-/// use cat2text::base4::bytes::decode;
-///
-/// assert_eq!(vec![9, 1], decode("meow meow mreow mrrp meow meow meow mrrp".to_string()));
-/// ```
-pub fn decode(text: String) -> Vec<u8> {
-    let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
-    for byte in core::split_every_x(text.clone(), 4) {
-        output.push(core::cat_to_num(
-            byte.split(" ").map(|item| item.to_string()).collect(),
-            alphabet(),
-            4,
-        ) as u8);
-    }
-    return output;
-}
-
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/bytes.rs b/src/bytes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..874e993
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/bytes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+use crate::base4::alphabet;
+use crate::core;
+
+/// Encodes from bytes into catspeak
+/// 
+/// ```
+/// use cat2text::bytes::from_bytes;
+/// 
+/// assert_eq!("meow meow mreow mrrp meow meow meow mrrp", from_bytes(vec![9, 1]));
+/// ```
+pub fn from_bytes(bytes: Vec<u8>) -> String {
+    let mut output = "".to_string();
+    for byte in bytes {
+        output += core::num_to_cat(byte as u32, alphabet(), 4).as_str();
+        output += " ";
+    }
+    return output.trim().to_string();
+}
+
+/// Decodes catspeak into bytes
+///
+/// ```
+/// use cat2text::bytes::to_bytes;
+///
+/// assert_eq!(vec![9, 1], to_bytes("meow meow mreow mrrp meow meow meow mrrp".to_string()));
+/// ```
+pub fn to_bytes(text: String) -> Vec<u8> {
+    let mut output: Vec<u8> = Vec::new();
+    for byte in core::split_every_x(text.clone(), 4) {
+        output.push(core::cat_to_num(
+            byte.split(" ").map(|item| item.to_string()).collect(),
+            alphabet(),
+            4,
+        ) as u8);
+    }
+    return output;
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 354181a..974d5ed 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 pub mod anybase;
 pub mod base4;
 pub mod core;
+pub mod bytes;
 mod tests;