1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/spec/src/Thermoprint/Printout.hs b/spec/src/Thermoprint/Printout.hs
index 397a1af..89be802 100644
--- a/spec/src/Thermoprint/Printout.hs
+++ b/spec/src/Thermoprint/Printout.hs
@@ -23,13 +23,18 @@ import Data.Text.Lazy (Text)
 import Data.ByteString.Lazy (ByteString)
 import qualified Data.ByteString.Lazy as LBS (toStrict)
 
+import qualified Data.ByteString as Strict (ByteString)
+
 import GHC.Generics (Generic)
 import Control.DeepSeq (NFData)
 import Data.Aeson (FromJSON(..), ToJSON(..), Value(..))
 import qualified Data.Aeson as JSON (encode, decode, eitherDecodeStrict')
 import Data.Aeson.Types (typeMismatch)
 
+import Data.Proxy (Proxy(..))
+
 import Database.Persist.Class (PersistField(..))
+import Database.Persist.Sql (PersistFieldSql(..))
 
 import Test.QuickCheck.Arbitrary (Arbitrary(..), CoArbitrary, genericShrink)
 import Test.QuickCheck.Modifiers (NonNegative(..))
@@ -67,7 +72,10 @@ type Printout = Seq Paragraph
 
 instance PersistField Printout where
   toPersistValue   = toPersistValue . LBS.toStrict . JSON.encode
-  fromPersistValue = first T.pack . JSON.eitherDecodeStrict' <=< fromPersistValue 
+  fromPersistValue = first T.pack . JSON.eitherDecodeStrict' <=< fromPersistValue
+
+instance PersistFieldSql Printout where
+  sqlType _ = sqlType (Proxy :: Proxy Strict.ByteString)
 
 -- | A 'Paragraph' is a non-seperated sequence of 'Chunk's
 type Paragraph = Seq Chunk