diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index cc033a9..c39bd30 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ extern crate alloc;
 
 use crate::{
     init::sd_card::SDCardPersistence,
-    store::{Date, IDStore, TallyID},
+    store::{Date, IDStore, tally_id::TallyID},
     webserver::start_webserver,
 };
 
diff --git a/src/store/id_mapping.rs b/src/store/id_mapping.rs
index d531af2..41dc2c6 100644
--- a/src/store/id_mapping.rs
+++ b/src/store/id_mapping.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use alloc::collections::BTreeMap;
 use alloc::string::String;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
-use super::TallyID;
+use crate::store::tally_id::TallyID;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Name {
diff --git a/src/store/id_store.rs b/src/store/id_store.rs
index 61ebc4c..e8c675b 100644
--- a/src/store/id_store.rs
+++ b/src/store/id_store.rs
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ use serde::Serialize;
 
 use super::Date;
 use super::IDMapping;
-use super::TallyID;
 use crate::store::persistence::Persistence;
+use crate::store::tally_id::TallyID;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug)]
 pub struct AttendanceDay {
diff --git a/src/store/mod.rs b/src/store/mod.rs
index 66848f0..ef7402a 100644
--- a/src/store/mod.rs
+++ b/src/store/mod.rs
@@ -1,48 +1,10 @@
-use heapless::String;
-
 pub use id_mapping::{IDMapping, Name};
 pub use id_store::{IDStore,AttendanceDay};
 
 mod id_mapping;
 pub mod persistence;
 mod id_store;
+pub mod tally_id;
 
-pub type TallyID = [u8; 6];
 pub type Date = [u8; 10];
 
-pub fn hex_string_to_tally_id(s: &str) -> Option<TallyID> {
-    let bytes = s.as_bytes();
-    if bytes.len() != 12 {
-        return None;
-    }
-
-    let mut out: TallyID = [0;6];
-    for i in 0..6 {
-        let hi = hex_val(bytes[2 * i])?;
-        let lo = hex_val(bytes[2 * i + 1])?;
-        out[i] = (hi << 4) | lo;
-    }
-    Some(out)
-}
-
-pub fn tally_id_to_hex_string(bytes: TallyID) -> Option<String<12>> {
-    const HEX_CHARS: &[u8; 16] = b"0123456789abcdef";
-    let mut s: String<12> = String::new();
-
-    for &b in &bytes {
-        s.push(HEX_CHARS[(b >> 4) as usize] as char).ok()?;
-        s.push(HEX_CHARS[(b & 0x0F) as usize] as char).ok()?;
-    }
-
-    Some(s)
-}
-
-fn hex_val(b: u8) -> Option<u8> {
-    match b {
-        b'0'..=b'9' => Some(b - b'0'),
-        b'a'..=b'f' => Some(b - b'a' + 10),
-        b'A'..=b'F' => Some(b - b'A' + 10),
-        _ => None,
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/src/store/tally_id.rs b/src/store/tally_id.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56bcb83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/store/tally_id.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,93 @@
+use core::str::FromStr;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Deserializer, Serialize, Serializer, de};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct TallyID([u8; 6]);
+
+impl FromStr for TallyID {
+    type Err = ();
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self, Self::Err> {
+        s.as_bytes().try_into()
+    }
+}
+
+impl TryFrom<heapless::String<12>> for TallyID {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_from(value: heapless::String<12>) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        let bytes = value.as_bytes();
+
+        let mut out: [u8; 6] = [0; 6];
+        for i in 0..6 {
+            let hi = hex_val(bytes[2 * i])?;
+            let lo = hex_val(bytes[2 * i + 1])?;
+            out[i] = (hi << 4) | lo;
+        }
+
+        Ok(TallyID(out))
+    }
+}
+
+fn hex_val(b: u8) -> Result<u8, ()> {
+    match b {
+        b'0'..=b'9' => Ok(b - b'0'),
+        b'a'..=b'f' => Ok(b - b'a' + 10),
+        b'A'..=b'F' => Ok(b - b'A' + 10),
+        _ => Err(()),
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<TallyID> for heapless::String<12> {
+    fn from(value: TallyID) -> Self {
+        const HEX_CHARS: &[u8; 16] = b"0123456789ABCDEF";
+        let mut s: Self = Self::new();
+
+        for &b in &value.0 {
+            // Should be safe to unwrap since the string is already long enough
+            s.push(HEX_CHARS[(b >> 4) as usize] as char).unwrap();
+            s.push(HEX_CHARS[(b & 0x0F) as usize] as char).unwrap();
+        }
+        s
+    }
+}
+
+/// From a array of hex chars
+impl TryFrom<&[u8]> for TallyID {
+    type Error = ();
+
+    fn try_from(value: &[u8]) -> Result<Self, Self::Error> {
+        if value.len() != 12 {
+            return Err(());
+        }
+
+        let mut out: [u8; 6] = [0; 6];
+        for i in 0..6 {
+            let hi = hex_val(value[2 * i])?;
+            let lo = hex_val(value[2 * i + 1])?;
+            out[i] = (hi << 4) | lo;
+        }
+
+        Ok(TallyID(out))
+    }
+}
+
+impl Serialize for TallyID {
+    fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let s: heapless::String<12> = (*self).into();
+        serializer.serialize_str(&s)
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for TallyID {
+    fn deserialize<D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<Self, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let s = <&str>::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        TallyID::from_str(s).map_err(|_| de::Error::custom("Failed to parse Tally ID"))
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/webserver/api.rs b/src/webserver/api.rs
index 8a49616..778a0ff 100644
--- a/src/webserver/api.rs
+++ b/src/webserver/api.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use alloc::string::String;
 use picoserve::{
     extract::{Json, State},
     response::{self, IntoResponse},
@@ -6,26 +5,31 @@ use picoserve::{
 use serde::Deserialize;
 
 use crate::{
-    store::{Name, hex_string_to_tally_id},
+    store::{Name, tally_id::TallyID},
     webserver::{app::AppState, sse::IDEvents},
 };
 
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct NewMapping {
-    id: String,
+    id: TallyID,
     name: Name,
 }
 
-/*
- *  #[get("/api/idevent")]
- *  #[get("/api/csv")]
- *  #[get("/api/mapping")]
- *  #[post("/api/mapping", format = "json", data = "<new_mapping>")]
- *  struct NewMapping {
- *      id: String,
- *      name: Name,
- *  }
-*/
+// struct MappingWrapper(IDMapping);
+//
+// impl Serialize for MappingWrapper {
+//     fn serialize<S>(&self, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+//     where
+//         S: serde::Serializer,
+//     {
+//         use serde::ser::SerializeMap;
+//         let mut map = serializer.serialize_map(Some(self.0.id_map.len()))?;
+//         for (k, v) in &self.0.id_map {
+//             map.serialize_entry(tally_id_to_hex_string(*k).unwrap().as_str(), &v)?;
+//         }
+//         map.end()
+//     }
+// }
 
 pub async fn get_mapping(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let store = state.store.lock().await;
@@ -37,8 +41,7 @@ pub async fn add_mapping(
     Json(data): Json<NewMapping>,
 ) -> impl IntoResponse {
     let mut store = state.store.lock().await;
-    let tally_id = hex_string_to_tally_id(&data.id).unwrap();
-    store.mapping.add_mapping(tally_id, data.name);
+    store.mapping.add_mapping(data.id, data.name);
 }
 
 pub async fn get_idevent(State(state): State<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
diff --git a/src/webserver/sse.rs b/src/webserver/sse.rs
index 1cec6db..0f93dfe 100644
--- a/src/webserver/sse.rs
+++ b/src/webserver/sse.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use embassy_time::{Duration, Timer};
 use log::warn;
 use picoserve::response;
 
-use crate::{TallySubscriber, store::tally_id_to_hex_string};
+use crate::TallySubscriber;
 
 pub struct IDEvents(pub TallySubscriber);
 
@@ -18,9 +18,8 @@ impl response::sse::EventSource for IDEvents {
             match sel.await {
                 embassy_futures::select::Either::First(msg) => match msg {
                     embassy_sync::pubsub::WaitResult::Message(id) => {
-                        writer
-                            .write_event("msg", tally_id_to_hex_string(id).unwrap().as_str())
-                            .await?
+                        let id_str: heapless::String<12> = id.into();
+                        writer.write_event("msg", id_str.as_str()).await?
                     }
                     embassy_sync::pubsub::WaitResult::Lagged(_) => {
                         warn!("SSE subscriber got lagged");