diff --git a/bindings/python/example.py b/bindings/python/example.py
index eb341608..cdc319cc 100644
--- a/bindings/python/example.py
+++ b/bindings/python/example.py
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ Namespaces are one honking great idea -- let's do more of those!
 
 
 tok_p = GPT2Tokenizer.from_pretrained('gpt2')
-tok_r = Tokenizer.bpe_from_files(args.vocab, args.merges, pre_tokenizer="ByteLevel")
+tok_r = Tokenizer.bpe_from_files(args.vocab, args.merges, pre_tokenizer="ByteLevel", decoder="ByteLevel")
 
 def tokenize_r():
     # return [ tok_r.encode(sentence) for sentence in text]
@@ -66,4 +66,7 @@ encoded_p = tokenize_p()
 end = time.time()
 print(f"Transformer tokenizer took: {end - start} sec")
 
-assert([ [ token.id for token in sentence] for sentence in encoded_r ] == encoded_p)
+ids_r = [ [ token.id for token in sentence ] for sentence in encoded_r ]
+assert(ids_r == encoded_p)
+
+print(f"Decoded sentences: {tok_r.decode_batch(ids_r)}")
diff --git a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
index 20bc44ac..34e2bcce 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/lib.rs
@@ -54,6 +54,13 @@ fn get_post_processor(_name: &str) -> Option<Box<dyn tk::tokenizer::PostProcesso
     None
 }
 
+fn get_decoder(name: &str) -> Option<Box<dyn tk::tokenizer::Decoder + Sync>> {
+    match name {
+        "ByteLevel" => Some(Box::new(tk::decoders::byte_level::ByteLevel)),
+        _ => None,
+    }
+}
+
 #[pyclass]
 struct Tokenizer {
     tokenizer: tk::tokenizer::Tokenizer,
@@ -109,6 +116,7 @@ impl Tokenizer {
                                 )));
                             }
                         }
+                        tokenizer.with_normalizers(normalizers);
                     }
                     "post_processors" => {
                         let mut processors = vec![];
@@ -124,6 +132,18 @@ impl Tokenizer {
                                 )));
                             }
                         }
+                        tokenizer.with_post_processors(processors);
+                    }
+                    "decoder" => {
+                        let value = value.to_string();
+                        if let Some(decoder) = get_decoder(&value) {
+                            tokenizer.with_decoder(decoder);
+                        } else {
+                            return Err(exceptions::Exception::py_err(format!(
+                                "Decoder `{}` not found",
+                                value
+                            )));
+                        }
                     }
                     _ => println!("Ignored unknown kwarg `{}`", option),
                 }
@@ -154,6 +174,14 @@ impl Tokenizer {
             .collect()
     }
 
+    fn decode(&self, ids: Vec<u32>) -> String {
+        self.tokenizer.decode(ids)
+    }
+
+    fn decode_batch(&self, sentences: Vec<Vec<u32>>) -> Vec<String> {
+        self.tokenizer.decode_batch(sentences)
+    }
+
     fn token_to_id(&self, token: &str) -> Option<u32> {
         self.tokenizer.token_to_id(token)
     }