diff --git a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
index 096f0e14..b2d69f38 100644
--- a/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
+++ b/bindings/python/src/tokenizer.rs
@@ -605,7 +605,7 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         }
     }
 
-    #[args(pretty = true)]
+    #[args(pretty = false)]
     fn save(&self, path: &str, pretty: bool) -> PyResult<()> {
         ToPyResult(self.tokenizer.save(path, pretty)).into()
     }
diff --git a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/mod.rs b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
index dc831d4a..9b901d4e 100644
--- a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
+++ b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/mod.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ mod serialization;
 pub use encoding::*;
 pub use normalizer::*;
 
-pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>>;
+pub type Error = Box<dyn std::error::Error + Send + Sync>;
+pub type Result<T> = std::result::Result<T, Error>;
 pub type Offsets = (usize, usize);
 
 #[typetag::serde(tag = "type")]
@@ -308,8 +309,16 @@ pub struct Tokenizer {
     padding: Option<PaddingParams>,
 }
 
+impl std::str::FromStr for Tokenizer {
+    type Err = Error;
+
+    fn from_str(s: &str) -> Result<Self> {
+        Ok(serde_json::from_str(s)?)
+    }
+}
+
 impl Tokenizer {
-    /// Instanciate a new Tokenizer, with the given Model
+    /// Instantiate a new Tokenizer, with the given Model
     pub fn new(model: Box<dyn Model>) -> Self {
         Tokenizer {
             normalizer: None,
@@ -330,6 +339,32 @@ impl Tokenizer {
         }
     }
 
+    /// Instantiate a new Tokenizer from the given file
+    pub fn from_file<P: AsRef<Path>>(file: P) -> Result<Self> {
+        let file = File::open(file)?;
+        let buf = BufReader::new(file);
+        Ok(serde_json::from_reader(buf)?)
+    }
+
+    /// Serialize the current tokenizer as a String
+    pub fn to_string(&self, pretty: bool) -> Result<String> {
+        Ok(if pretty {
+            serde_json::to_string_pretty(self)?
+        } else {
+            serde_json::to_string(self)?
+        })
+    }
+
+    /// Save the current tokenizer at the given path
+    pub fn save(&self, path: &str, pretty: bool) -> Result<()> {
+        let serialized = self.to_string(pretty)?;
+
+        let mut file = File::create(path)?;
+        file.write_all(&serialized.as_bytes())?;
+
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
     /// Set the normalizer
     pub fn with_normalizer(&mut self, normalizer: Box<dyn Normalizer>) -> &Self {
         self.normalizer = Some(normalizer);
@@ -987,23 +1022,4 @@ impl Tokenizer {
                 .collect()
         }
     }
-
-    /// Serialize the current tokenizer as a String
-    pub fn to_string(&self, pretty: bool) -> Result<String> {
-        Ok(if pretty {
-            serde_json::to_string_pretty(self)?
-        } else {
-            serde_json::to_string(self)?
-        })
-    }
-
-    /// Save the current tokenizer at the given path
-    pub fn save(&self, path: &str, pretty: bool) -> Result<()> {
-        let serialized = self.to_string(pretty)?;
-
-        let mut file = File::create(path)?;
-        file.write_all(&serialized.as_bytes())?;
-
-        Ok(())
-    }
 }
diff --git a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/serialization.rs b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/serialization.rs
index 25bb41aa..75be73af 100644
--- a/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/serialization.rs
+++ b/tokenizers/src/tokenizer/serialization.rs
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ impl Serialize for Tokenizer {
         tokenizer.serialize_field("padding", &self.padding)?;
 
         // Added tokens
-        let added_tokens = self
+        let mut added_tokens = self
             .added_tokens_map_r
             .iter()
             .map(|(id, token)| AddedTokenWithId {
@@ -45,6 +45,8 @@ impl Serialize for Tokenizer {
                 token: token.clone(),
             })
             .collect::<Vec<_>>();
+        // We need to have these added tokens ordered by ascending ID
+        added_tokens.sort_unstable_by_key(|o| o.id);
         tokenizer.serialize_field("added_tokens", &added_tokens)?;
 
         // Then add our parts