diff --git a/nulid.nimble b/nulid.nimble
index be56715..88fadad 100644
--- a/nulid.nimble
+++ b/nulid.nimble
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # Package
 
-version       = "0.1.1"
-author        = "Mythical Forest Collective"
+version       = "0.2.0"
+author        = "Yu Vitaqua fer Chronos"
 description   = "An implementation of ULID!"
 license       = "CC0"
 srcDir        = "src"
diff --git a/src/nulid.nim b/src/nulid.nim
index 3d94649..cfdddf6 100644
--- a/src/nulid.nim
+++ b/src/nulid.nim
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@ import pkg/[
   nint128
 ]
 
+import pkg/nint128/vendor/stew/endians2
+
 const HighUint80 = u128("1208925819614629174706176")
 
 type
@@ -20,13 +22,17 @@ type
     lastTime: int64 = 0
     random: UInt128 = u128(0)
 
+func swapBytes(x: Int128): Int128 =
+  result.lo = swapBytes(cast[uint64](x.hi))
+  result.hi = cast[int64](swapBytes(x.lo))
+
+proc toArray*[T](oa: openArray[T], size: static Slice[int]): array[size.len, T] =
+  result[0..<size.len] = oa[size]
+
 proc randomBits(): UInt128 =
   let rnd = urandom(10)
 
-  result = UInt128.fromBytesBE(
-    [0.byte, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, rnd[0], rnd[1], rnd[2], rnd[3],
-    rnd[4], rnd[5], rnd[6], rnd[7], rnd[8], rnd[9]]
-  )
+  result = UInt128.fromBytesBE(@[0.byte, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0] & rnd)
 
 template getTime: int64 = (epochTime() * 1000).int64
 
@@ -37,37 +43,67 @@ proc wait(gen: NULIDGenerator): Future[int64] {.async.} =
     await sleepAsync(1)
     result = getTime()
 
-proc nulid*(gen: NULIDGenerator): Future[NULID] {.async.} =
-  var now = getTime()
+proc nulid*(gen: NULIDGenerator, timestamp: int64 = 0): Future[NULID] {.async.} =
+  if timestamp == 0:
+    var now = getTime()
 
-  if now < gen.lastTime:
-    raise newException(OSError, "Time went backwards!")
+    if now < gen.lastTime:
+      raise newException(OSError, "Time went backwards!")
 
-  if gen.lastTime == now:
-    inc gen.random
+    if gen.lastTime == now:
+      inc gen.random
 
-    if gen.random == HighUInt80:
-      now = await gen.wait()
+      if gen.random == HighUInt80:
+        now = await gen.wait()
+
+    else:
+      gen.random = randomBits()
+
+    result.timestamp = now
 
   else:
-    gen.random = randomBits()
-
-  result.timestamp = now
+    result.timestamp = timestamp
   result.randomness = gen.random
 
-proc nulidSync*(gen: NULIDGenerator): NULID = waitFor gen.nulid()
+proc nulidSync*(gen: NULIDGenerator, timestamp: int64 = 0): NULID =
+  result = waitFor gen.nulid(timestamp)
+
+proc toInt128*(ulid: NULID): Int128 =
+  result = i128(ulid.timestamp) shl 80
+
+  result.hi += cast[int64](ulid.randomness.hi)
+  result.lo += ulid.randomness.lo
+
+proc fromInt128*(_: typedesc[NULID], val: Int128): NULID =
+  result.timestamp = (val shr 16).hi
+  result.randomness = UInt128(
+    hi: cast[uint64]((val.hi shl 48) shr 48),
+    lo: val.lo
+  )
+
+proc toBytes*(ulid: NULID): array[16, byte] =
+  when cpuEndian == littleEndian:
+    return cast[array[16, byte]](ulid.toInt128().swapBytes())
+
+  else:
+    return cast[array[16, byte]](ulid.toInt128())
+
+proc fromBytes*(_: typedesc[NULID], ulidBytes: openArray[byte]): NULID =
+  if ulidBytes.len != 16:
+    raise newException(RangeDefect, "Given byte array must be 16 bytes long!")
+
+  when cpuEndian == littleEndian:
+    return NULID.fromInt128(cast[Int128](ulidBytes.toArray(0..15)).swapBytes())
+
+  else:
+    return NULID.fromInt128(cast[Int128](ulidBytes.toArray(0..15)))
 
 proc parseNulid*(ulidStr: string): NULID =
+  if ulidStr.len != 26:
+    raise newException(RangeDefect, "Invalid ULID! Must be 26 characters long!")
+
   result.timestamp = int64.decode(ulidStr[0..9])
   result.randomness = UInt128.decode(ulidStr[10..25])
 
 proc `$`*(ulid: NULID): string =
-  var res = i128(ulid.timestamp)
-
-  res = res shl 80
-  res.hi += cast[int64](ulid.randomness.hi)
-  res.lo += ulid.randomness.lo
-
-  result = '0' & Int128.encode(res, 26)
-
-proc `==`*(a: NULID, b: string): bool = a == parseNulid(b)
+  result = '0' & Int128.encode(ulid.toInt128(), 26)
diff --git a/tests/test1.nim b/tests/test1.nim
index 9e16734..c416a14 100644
--- a/tests/test1.nim
+++ b/tests/test1.nim
@@ -24,3 +24,16 @@ test "NULID Parsing":
     randomness: u128("541019288874337045949482"))
 
   check parseNulid(nulidStr) == nulid
+
+test "NULID Int128 Conversion":
+  let nulid = parseNulid("01H999MBGTEA8BDS0M5AWEBB1A")
+
+  check NULID.fromInt128(nulid.toInt128()) == nulid
+
+test "NULID Binary Format":
+  let
+    nulid = parseNulid("01H999MBGTEA8BDS0M5AWEBB1A")
+    nulidBytes = [1.byte, 138, 82, 154, 46, 26, 114, 144, 182, 228, 20, 42, 184, 229, 172, 42]
+
+  check nulid == NULID.fromBytes(nulidBytes)
+  check nulid.toBytes == nulidBytes