diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2df5b5a..321144b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "committable"
-version = "0.2.3"
+version = "0.2.4"
 edition = "2021"
 rust-version = "1.65.0"
 authors = ["Espresso Systems <hello@espressosys.com>"]
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 2d1401c..075b5f1 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ pub trait CommitmentBounds:
 }
 
 #[cfg(not(feature = "serde"))]
-trait CommitmentBounds: CommitmentBoundsSerdeless {}
+pub trait CommitmentBounds: CommitmentBoundsSerdeless {}
 
 impl<T> CommitmentBounds for Commitment<T> where T: Committable + 'static {}
 
@@ -132,6 +132,10 @@ impl<T: ?Sized + Committable> Commitment<T> {
     pub fn into_bits(self) -> BitVec<u8, bitvec::order::Lsb0> {
         BitVec::try_from(self.0.to_vec()).unwrap()
     }
+
+    pub fn from_raw(bytes: [u8; 32]) -> Self {
+        Self(bytes, PhantomData)
+    }
 }
 
 // clippy pacification: `non_canonical_clone_impl` aka `incorrect_clone_impl_on_copy_type`