diff --git a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
index b2d69f38..cce618d0 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -203,6 +203,32 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         }
     }
 
+    #[staticmethod]
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let tokenizer: PyResult<tk::tokenizer::Tokenizer> = ToPyResult(s.parse()).into();
+        Ok(Self {
+            tokenizer: tokenizer?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[staticmethod]
+    fn from_file(path: &str) -> PyResult<Self> {
+        let tokenizer: PyResult<_> = ToPyResult(tk::tokenizer::Tokenizer::from_file(path)).into();
+        Ok(Self {
+            tokenizer: tokenizer?,
+        })
+    }
+
+    #[args(pretty = false)]
+    fn to_str(&self, pretty: bool) -> PyResult<String> {
+        ToPyResult(self.tokenizer.to_string(pretty)).into()
+    }
+
+    #[args(pretty = false)]
+    fn save(&self, path: &str, pretty: bool) -> PyResult<()> {
+        ToPyResult(self.tokenizer.save(path, pretty)).into()
+    }
+
     fn num_special_tokens_to_add(&self, is_pair: bool) -> PyResult<usize> {
         Ok(self
             .tokenizer
@@ -604,9 +630,4 @@ impl Tokenizer {
             ))
         }
     }
-
-    #[args(pretty = false)]
-    fn save(&self, path: &str, pretty: bool) -> PyResult<()> {
-        ToPyResult(self.tokenizer.save(path, pretty)).into()
-    }
 }
diff --git a/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.pyi b/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
index e020dde2..7fa34405 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
+++ b/bindings/python/tokenizers/__init__.pyi
@@ -252,6 +252,49 @@ class Tokenizer:
             Tokenizer
         """
         pass
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_str(s: str) -> Tokenizer:
+        """ Instantiate a new Tokenizer from the given JSON string
+
+        Args:
+            s: str:
+                A JSON string representation of the Tokenizer
+
+        Returns:
+            Tokenizer
+        """
+        pass
+    @staticmethod
+    def from_file(path: str) -> Tokenizer:
+        """ Instantiate a new Tokenizer from the given file
+
+        Args:
+            path: str:
+                Path to a file containing a Tokenizer
+
+        Returns:
+            Tokenizer
+        """
+        pass
+    def to_str(self, pretty: bool = False) -> str:
+        """ Get a serialized JSON version of the Tokenizer as a str
+
+        Args:
+            pretty: bool:
+                Whether the JSON string should be prettified
+
+        Returns:
+            str
+        """
+        pass
+    def save(self, path: str, pretty: bool = False):
+        """ Save the Tokenizer as JSON to the given path
+
+        Args:
+            pretty: bool:
+                Whether the JSON string should be prettified
+        """
+        pass
     @property
     def model(self) -> Model:
         """ Get the model in use with this Tokenizer """
diff --git a/bindings/python/tokenizers/implementations/base_tokenizer.py b/bindings/python/tokenizers/implementations/base_tokenizer.py
index 99eedda8..7d6fe87e 100644
--- a/bindings/python/tokenizers/implementations/base_tokenizer.py
+++ b/bindings/python/tokenizers/implementations/base_tokenizer.py
@@ -295,7 +295,7 @@ class BaseTokenizer:
         """
         return self._tokenizer.model.save(directory, name=name)
 
-    def save(self, path: str, pretty: bool = True):
+    def save(self, path: str, pretty: bool = False):
         """ Save the current Tokenizer at the given path
 
         Args:
@@ -304,6 +304,18 @@ class BaseTokenizer:
         """
         return self._tokenizer.save(path, pretty)
 
+    def to_str(self, pretty: bool = False):
+        """ Get a serialized JSON version of the Tokenizer as a str
+
+        Args:
+            pretty: bool:
+                Whether the JSON string should be prettified
+
+        Returns:
+            str
+        """
+        return self._tokenizer.to_str(pretty)
+
     def post_process(
         self, encoding: Encoding, pair: Optional[Encoding] = None, add_special_tokens: bool = True
     ) -> Encoding: