diff --git a/project.clj b/project.clj
index e970af4..98b8fb8 100644
--- a/project.clj
+++ b/project.clj
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-(defproject pghstore-clj "0.1.0"
+(defproject net.likestream/pghstore-clj "0.1.2"
   :description "Helper functions for working with PostgresSQL hstore data type in Clojure via JDBC"
   :url "http://github.com/blakesmith/pghstore-clj"
   :license {:name "Eclipse Public License"
             :url "http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html"}
-  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.4.0"]]
-  :dev-dependencies [[postgresql "9.1-901.jdbc4"]])
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+  :dependencies [[org.clojure/clojure "1.5.1"]
+                  [prismatic/plumbing "0.0.1"]]
+  :dev-dependencies [[postgresql "9.2-1002.jdbc4"]])
diff --git a/src/pghstore_clj/core.clj b/src/pghstore_clj/core.clj
index ad743a4..e090090 100644
--- a/src/pghstore_clj/core.clj
+++ b/src/pghstore_clj/core.clj
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 (ns pghstore-clj.core
-  (:require [clojure.string :as st])
+  (:require [clojure.string :as st]
+            [plumbing.core :refer :all])
   (:import [org.postgresql.util PGobject]))
 
 (defprotocol THstorable
@@ -28,4 +29,13 @@
                   (map (fn [v]
                          (map #(st/replace % #"\"" "") (st/split v #"=>")))
                        (st/split (.getValue this) #", "))]
-              [(keyword k) v])))))
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+              [(keyword k) v])))))
+
+(extend-type java.util.HashMap
+  FHstorable
+  (from-hstore 
+    [this]
+    (->> this
+         (into {})
+         keywordize-map)))
+