diff --git a/driver/lru/lru.go b/driver/lru/lru.go
index 945f8ad..9caca74 100644
--- a/driver/lru/lru.go
+++ b/driver/lru/lru.go
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Encoder encoder.Encoder `query:"encoder" default:"msgpack"`
-	Size    int             `query:"size" default:"128"`
+	Encoder encoder.Encoder `default:"msgpack"`
+	Size    int             `default:"128"`
 }
 
 type Cache struct {
diff --git a/driver/memcache/memcache.go b/driver/memcache/memcache.go
index d6b3192..f0a1d35 100644
--- a/driver/memcache/memcache.go
+++ b/driver/memcache/memcache.go
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Encoder encoder.Encoder `query:"encoder" default:"msgpack"`
+	Encoder encoder.Encoder `default:"msgpack"`
 	Servers []string        `default:"127.0.0.1:11211"`
 }
 
diff --git a/driver/memory/memory.go b/driver/memory/memory.go
index 39be485..fd734ee 100644
--- a/driver/memory/memory.go
+++ b/driver/memory/memory.go
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ var (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Encoder           encoder.Encoder `query:"encoder" default:"msgpack"`
-	DefaultExpiration time.Duration   `query:"defaultExpiration"`
+	Encoder           encoder.Encoder `default:"msgpack"`
+	DefaultExpiration time.Duration   `query:"defaultExpiration" default:"1m"`
 	CleanupTime       time.Duration   `query:"cleanupTime" default:"5m"`
 }
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ type Cache struct {
 }
 
 func New(options Options) (*Cache, error) {
-	c := cache.New(1*time.Minute, options.CleanupTime)
+	c := cache.New(options.DefaultExpiration, options.CleanupTime)
 
 	return &Cache{
 		options: options,
diff --git a/driver/redis/redis.go b/driver/redis/redis.go
index 4164261..ff0549c 100644
--- a/driver/redis/redis.go
+++ b/driver/redis/redis.go
@@ -7,10 +7,10 @@ import (
 )
 
 type Options struct {
-	Encoder  encoder.Encoder `query:"encoder" default:"msgpack"`
+	Encoder  encoder.Encoder `default:"msgpack"`
 	Address  string          `default:"127.0.0.1"`
-	DB       int             `default:"0" query:"db"`
-	Password string          `query:"password"`
+	DB       int             `default:"0"`
+	Password string
 }
 
 type Cache struct {
diff --git a/encoder/binary.go b/encoder/binary.go
index 1703ba3..62efeeb 100644
--- a/encoder/binary.go
+++ b/encoder/binary.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package encoder
 
+// EncodeValue is a helper that handles conversion of values
+// byte slices and strings are converted directly, everything else is marshalled
 func EncodeValue(encoder Encoder, val any) ([]byte, error) {
 	var v []byte
 
@@ -14,6 +16,8 @@ func EncodeValue(encoder Encoder, val any) ([]byte, error) {
 	return v, nil
 }
 
+// DecodeValue is a helper that handles decoding of values
+// byte slices and strings can be assigned directly
 func DecodeValue(encoder Encoder, b []byte, v any) error {
 	switch v := v.(type) {
 	case *[]byte:
diff --git a/encoder/encoding.go b/encoder/encoding.go
index 70f13a6..f821739 100644
--- a/encoder/encoding.go
+++ b/encoder/encoding.go
@@ -10,23 +10,29 @@ var (
 	XML     xmlEncoder
 	JSON    jsonEncoder
 	MsgPack msgPackEncoder
+
+	encoders = map[string]Encoder{
+		"json":    JSON,
+		"xml":     XML,
+		"msgpack": MsgPack,
+	}
 )
 
-func EncoderFrom(name string) Encoder {
-	var enc Encoder
-
-	switch name {
-	case "json":
-		enc = JSON
-	case "xml":
-		enc = XML
-	default: // Default is also msgpack
-		enc = MsgPack
-	}
-
-	return enc
+// Register allows you to register your own encoders
+func Register(name string, enc Encoder) {
+	encoders[name] = enc
 }
 
+// From will return an encoder for the specified key
+func From(name string) Encoder {
+	if enc, ok := encoders[name]; ok {
+		return enc
+	}
+
+	return MsgPack
+}
+
+// Encoder is the base interface for encoding/decoding values
 type Encoder interface {
 	Unmarshal(b []byte, dest any) error
 	Marshal(value any) ([]byte, error)
diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index f0e452d..8491269 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -6,6 +6,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/bradfitz/gomemcache v0.0.0-20190913173617-a41fca850d0b
 	github.com/hashicorp/golang-lru v0.5.3
 	github.com/hoisie/redis v0.0.0-20160730154456-b5c6e81454e0
+	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0
+	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.0
+	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.26.0
 	github.com/patrickmn/go-cache v2.1.0+incompatible
 	github.com/vmihailenco/msgpack/v4 v4.2.0
 )
@@ -14,19 +17,13 @@ require (
 	github.com/go-logr/logr v1.2.3 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/protobuf v1.5.2 // indirect
 	github.com/google/go-cmp v0.5.9 // indirect
+	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
 	github.com/vmihailenco/tagparser v0.1.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/net v0.5.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/sys v0.4.0 // indirect
 	golang.org/x/text v0.6.0 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/appengine v1.6.1 // indirect
 	google.golang.org/protobuf v1.28.0 // indirect
+	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )
-
-require (
-	github.com/iancoleman/strcase v0.2.0
-	github.com/niemeyer/pretty v0.0.0-20200227124842-a10e7caefd8e // indirect
-	github.com/onsi/ginkgo/v2 v2.8.0
-	github.com/onsi/gomega v1.26.0
-	gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f // indirect
-)
diff --git a/options.go b/options.go
index f986b61..a1847a2 100644
--- a/options.go
+++ b/options.go
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ import (
 	"time"
 )
 
+// decodeQuery is a helper that behaves like gorilla/schema,
+// encoding/json, etc. It takes in a url.Values and decodes it into the
+// dest struct - assigning defaults if nothing is populated.
 func decodeQuery(query url.Values, dest any) error {
 	destType := reflect.TypeOf(dest)
 
@@ -76,7 +79,7 @@ var (
 func decodeType(t reflect.Type, val []string, isDefault bool) (any, error) {
 	switch t {
 	case encoderType:
-		return encoder.EncoderFrom(val[0]), nil
+		return encoder.From(val[0]), nil
 	case durationType:
 		return time.ParseDuration(val[0])
 	}