diff --git a/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs b/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
index fce47a1..46ce9d8 100644
--- a/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
+++ b/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/mod.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,18 @@
 use hashbrown::HashMap;
 use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
 
-pub mod deserialize;
+mod serde_helpers;
 
-use deserialize::*;
+use serde_helpers::*;
 
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 pub struct PeerId(
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes")]
+    #[serde(
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes",
+        serialize_with = "serialize_20_bytes"
+    )]
     pub [u8; 20]
 );
 
@@ -17,7 +20,10 @@ pub struct PeerId(
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Hash, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 pub struct InfoHash(
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes")]
+    #[serde(
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes",
+        serialize_with = "serialize_20_bytes"
+    )]
     pub [u8; 20]
 );
 
@@ -25,7 +31,10 @@ pub struct InfoHash(
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 #[serde(transparent)]
 pub struct OfferId(
-    #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes")]
+    #[serde(
+        deserialize_with = "deserialize_20_bytes",
+        serialize_with = "serialize_20_bytes"
+    )]
     pub [u8; 20]
 );
 
diff --git a/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/deserialize.rs b/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
similarity index 90%
rename from aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/deserialize.rs
rename to aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
index 347ca1b..6a4f7a2 100644
--- a/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/deserialize.rs
+++ b/aquatic_ws/src/lib/protocol/serde_helpers.rs
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
-use serde::{Deserializer, de::{Visitor, SeqAccess}};
+use serde::{Serializer, Deserializer, de::{Visitor, SeqAccess}};
 
 use super::InfoHash;
 
 
+pub fn serialize_20_bytes<S>(
+    data: &[u8; 20],
+    serializer: S
+) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error> where S: Serializer {
+    let text: String = data.iter().map(|byte| *byte as char).collect();
+
+    serializer.serialize_str(&text)
+}
+
+
 struct TwentyByteVisitor;
 
 impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for TwentyByteVisitor {
@@ -145,6 +155,16 @@ mod tests {
         assert!(res_info_hash.is_err());
     }
 
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serde_20_bytes(){
+        let info_hash = info_hash_from_bytes(b"aaaabbbbccccddddeeee");
+
+        let out = serde_json::to_string(&info_hash).unwrap();
+        let info_hash_2 = serde_json::from_str(&out).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(info_hash, info_hash_2);
+    }
+
     #[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Deserialize)]
     struct Test {
         #[serde(deserialize_with = "deserialize_info_hashes", default)]