diff --git a/serialization/formats.nim b/serialization/formats.nim
index 6700b78..e4c2e64 100644
--- a/serialization/formats.nim
+++ b/serialization/formats.nim
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 import
   std/typetraits
 
+type
+  DefaultFlavor* = object
+
 template serializationFormatImpl(Name: untyped,
                                  mimeTypeName: static string = "") {.dirty.} =
   # This indirection is required in order to be able to generate the
@@ -28,7 +31,7 @@ template setWriter*(Format, FormatWriter, PreferredOutput: distinct type) =
   else:
     template WriterType*(T: type Format): type = FormatWriter
     template Writer*(T: type Format): type = FormatWriter
-  
+
   template PreferredOutputType*(T: type Format): type = PreferredOutput
 
 template createFlavor*(ModifiedFormat, FlavorName: untyped) =
diff --git a/serialization/object_serialization.nim b/serialization/object_serialization.nim
index 763daa0..acdf5a8 100644
--- a/serialization/object_serialization.nim
+++ b/serialization/object_serialization.nim
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 import
   std/typetraits,
   stew/shims/macros, stew/objects,
-  ./errors
+  ./errors, ./formats
 
 type
-  DefaultFlavor* = object
   FieldTag*[RecordType: object; fieldName: static string] = distinct void
 
+export
+  DefaultFlavor
+
 let
   # Identifiers affecting the public interface of the library:
   valueSym {.compileTime.} = ident "value"