diff --git a/lib-bms-protocol/src/lib.rs b/lib-bms-protocol/src/lib.rs
index b9c77a5..cb2b83f 100644
--- a/lib-bms-protocol/src/lib.rs
+++ b/lib-bms-protocol/src/lib.rs
@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ extern crate chrono;
 mod types;
 mod timestamp;
 
+pub use types::{Stored_U26, Transit_U26, Transit_I26, U26Error};
+pub use timestamp::{Store_DateTimeUtc, Transit_DateTimeUtc};
+
 use embedded_hal::i2c::{I2c, Operation, SevenBitAddress};
 use thiserror::Error;
 
-use crate::types::Transit_U26;
-
 pub const BMS_I2C_ADDRESS: u8 = 0x55;
 
 pub trait BmsReadable {
diff --git a/lib-bms-protocol/src/types.rs b/lib-bms-protocol/src/types.rs
index 8f6ab68..a392666 100644
--- a/lib-bms-protocol/src/types.rs
+++ b/lib-bms-protocol/src/types.rs
@@ -44,15 +44,21 @@
 //! errors random errors in the transmission have a probabilty of 2**-6 = 0.015625 of matching the original messages CRC code.
 //! Meaning the chance of errors going undetected is <2%.
 
+use thiserror::Error;
+
 const U26_VALUE_MASK: u32 = 0xFFFFFFc0;
 const U26_MAX_VALUE: u32 = 0x03FFFFFF;
 const U26_HEMMING_MASK: u32 = 0x0000003e;
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Error)]
 pub enum U26Error {
+    #[error("data read from bytes has unexpected format")]
     InvalidCodeWord,
+    #[error("detected an uncorrectible error, data is invalid")]
     IncorrectibleError,
+    #[error("data does not fit in u26")]
     Overflow,
+    #[error("checksum error")]
     ChecksumError,
 }