diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5098065..fab4ca6 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -158,6 +158,12 @@ where
         Self(HashOfBytes::new(&Serialized::new(to_hash)))
     }
 
+    #[inline(always)]
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    pub fn new_from_str(val: String) -> Self {
+        Self(HashOfBytes::new(&Serialized::new_from_str(val)))
+    }
+
     #[inline(always)]
     #[allow(missing_docs)]
     pub fn hex(&self) -> String {
@@ -243,6 +249,15 @@ where
         }
     }
 
+    #[allow(missing_docs)]
+    #[inline(always)]
+    pub fn new_from_str(val: String) -> Self {
+        Serialized {
+            val,
+            phantom: PhantomData,
+        }
+    }
+
     /// Deserializing a type by serde_json
     #[inline(always)]
     pub fn deserialize(&self) -> T {