diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 67eb58f..5a6f82c 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -9,10 +9,16 @@
 
 ## Latest changes
 
+### Feature
+
+* Add `as_json` keyword parameter to `convert`
+
 ### Internal
 
+* Moves `classes.typeclass` functions to `transformer.py` and renames the `convert` function to `transform`. This is so that we can have a new `convert` function in our `__init__.py` with the new parameter and this feature will not introduce a breaking change.
 * Fix CI after main branch change
 
+
 ## 2.0.0
 
 No new features in this release, but we now support python 3.9 and 3.10
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 81afad0..16e905e 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -88,3 +88,9 @@ warn_unused_ignores = True
 warn_redundant_casts = True
 warn_unused_configs = True
 warn_unreachable = True
+
+
+[coverage:report]
+exclude_lines =
+    pragma: no cover
+    if TYPE_CHECKING:
diff --git a/soup2dict/__init__.py b/soup2dict/__init__.py
index cdc8b84..3e97d0d 100644
--- a/soup2dict/__init__.py
+++ b/soup2dict/__init__.py
@@ -1,95 +1,44 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
+import json
+from typing import Union, overload
 
-from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, element
-from classes import typeclass
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+from typing_extensions import Literal
 
+from soup2dict.transformer import transform
 
-def _get_key_name(
-    instance: Any,
-):
-    instance_type = type(instance)
 
-    if instance_type == element.Tag:
-        return instance.name
-
-    return str(instance_type.__name__).lower()
-
-
-def _attribute_at_prepender(
-    instance: dict,
+@overload
+def convert(
+    soup: BeautifulSoup,
+    *,
+    as_json: Literal[False],
 ) -> dict:
-    prefixed = {}
-    for key, attribute_value in instance.items():
-        prefixed['@{key}'.format(key=key)] = attribute_value
-    return prefixed
-
-
-@typeclass
-def convert(instance) -> dict:
-    """Convert beautifulsoup to dict. This is a typeclass definition."""
-
+    """Return dict when as_json is false."""
 
-@convert.instance(BeautifulSoup)
-def _convert_bs(instance: BeautifulSoup) -> dict:
-    """Handle The Soup."""
-    return convert(instance.contents)
 
+@overload
+def convert(
+    soup: BeautifulSoup,
+    *,
+    as_json: Literal[True],
+) -> str:
+    """Return json string when as_json is True."""
 
-@convert.instance(element.ResultSet)
-@convert.instance(list)
-def _convert_rs(instance: Union[element.ResultSet, list]) -> dict:
-    """Handle list and ResultSet types."""
-    transformed: Dict[str, Any] = {}
 
-    for soup_element in instance:
-        parsed = convert(soup_element)
-        if not parsed:
-            continue
-
-        key_name = _get_key_name(soup_element)
-
-        dict_value = transformed.get(key_name, [])
-        dict_value.append(parsed)
-        transformed[key_name] = dict_value
-
-    return transformed
-
-
-@convert.instance(element.NavigableString)  # type: ignore
-@convert.instance(element.Comment)
-@convert.instance(element.CData)
-@convert.instance(element.ProcessingInstruction)
-@convert.instance(element.XMLProcessingInstruction)
-@convert.instance(element.Declaration)
-@convert.instance(element.Doctype)
-@convert.instance(element.Stylesheet)
-@convert.instance(element.Script)
-@convert.instance(element.TemplateString)
-def _convert_ns(
-    instance: Union[
-        element.NavigableString,
-        element.Comment,
-        element.CData,
-        element.ProcessingInstruction,
-        element.XMLProcessingInstruction,
-        element.Declaration,
-        element.Doctype,
-        element.Stylesheet,
-        element.Script,
-        element.TemplateString,
-    ],
-) -> Optional[str]:
-    """Handle NavigableString type."""
-    return str(instance).strip().strip('\n') or None
+@overload
+def convert(
+    soup: BeautifulSoup,
+) -> dict:
+    """When as_json is not specified return value is a dict."""
 
 
-@convert.instance(element.Tag)
-def _convert_tag(instance: element.Tag) -> dict:
-    """Handle Tag type."""
-    tag_result = _attribute_at_prepender(instance.attrs)
-    tag_result['#text'] = ' '.join(
-        [text.replace('\n    ', ' ') for text in instance.stripped_strings],
-    )
-    tag_result.update(convert(instance.contents))
+def convert(
+    soup: BeautifulSoup,
+    *,
+    as_json: bool = False,
+) -> Union[dict, str]:
+    """Run soup to dict transformer and dumps to json if as_json is True."""
+    if as_json:
+        return json.dumps(transform(soup))
 
-    return tag_result
+    return transform(soup)
diff --git a/soup2dict/transformer.py b/soup2dict/transformer.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..efdabb5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/soup2dict/transformer.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Union
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup, element
+from classes import typeclass
+
+
+def _get_key_name(
+    instance: Any,
+):
+    instance_type = type(instance)
+
+    if instance_type == element.Tag:
+        return instance.name
+
+    return str(instance_type.__name__).lower()
+
+
+def _attribute_at_prepender(
+    instance: dict,
+) -> dict:
+    prefixed = {}
+    for key, attribute_value in instance.items():
+        prefixed['@{key}'.format(key=key)] = attribute_value
+    return prefixed
+
+
+@typeclass
+def transform(instance) -> dict:
+    """Convert beautifulsoup to dict. This is a typeclass definition."""
+
+
+@transform.instance(BeautifulSoup)  # type: ignore
+def _transform_bs(instance: BeautifulSoup) -> dict:
+    """Handle The Soup."""
+    return transform(instance.contents)
+
+
+@transform.instance(element.ResultSet)  # type: ignore
+@transform.instance(list)
+def _transform_rs(instance: Union[element.ResultSet, list]) -> dict:
+    """Handle list and ResultSet types."""
+    transformed: Dict[str, Any] = {}
+
+    for soup_element in instance:
+        parsed = transform(soup_element)
+        if not parsed:
+            continue
+
+        key_name = _get_key_name(soup_element)
+
+        dict_value = transformed.get(key_name, [])
+        dict_value.append(parsed)
+        transformed[key_name] = dict_value
+
+    return transformed
+
+
+@transform.instance(element.NavigableString)  # type: ignore
+@transform.instance(element.Comment)
+@transform.instance(element.CData)
+@transform.instance(element.ProcessingInstruction)
+@transform.instance(element.XMLProcessingInstruction)
+@transform.instance(element.Declaration)
+@transform.instance(element.Doctype)
+@transform.instance(element.Stylesheet)
+@transform.instance(element.Script)
+@transform.instance(element.TemplateString)
+def _transform_ns(
+    instance: Union[
+        element.NavigableString,
+        element.Comment,
+        element.CData,
+        element.ProcessingInstruction,
+        element.XMLProcessingInstruction,
+        element.Declaration,
+        element.Doctype,
+        element.Stylesheet,
+        element.Script,
+        element.TemplateString,
+    ],
+) -> Optional[str]:
+    """Handle NavigableString type."""
+    return str(instance).strip().strip('\n') or None
+
+
+@transform.instance(element.Tag)  # type: ignore
+def _transform_tag(instance: element.Tag) -> dict:
+    """Handle Tag type."""
+    tag_result = _attribute_at_prepender(instance.attrs)
+    tag_result['#text'] = ' '.join(
+        [text.replace('\n    ', ' ') for text in instance.stripped_strings],
+    )
+    tag_result.update(transform(instance.contents))
+
+    return tag_result
diff --git a/tests/test_attributes.py b/tests/test_attributes.py
index b68ffdb..b733721 100644
--- a/tests/test_attributes.py
+++ b/tests/test_attributes.py
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ def test_attributes_are_at_prepended():
     html_doc = """
     <main class="bob arne" abc="test" style="color: red;" />
     """
-    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
+    soup: BeautifulSoup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
     main_element = convert(soup)['main'][0]
     assert main_element['@class'] == ['bob', 'arne']
     assert main_element['@abc'] == 'test'
diff --git a/tests/test_is_dumped_to_json.py b/tests/test_is_dumped_to_json.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..143a8ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/test_is_dumped_to_json.py
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+import json
+
+from bs4 import BeautifulSoup
+
+from soup2dict import convert
+
+html_doc = """
+<main>
+</main>
+<main>
+    <sub>test</sub>
+    <sub>test</sub>
+    <sub>test</sub>
+</main>
+"""
+
+expected_result = {
+    'main': [
+        {'#text': ''},
+        {
+            '#text': 'test test test',
+            'sub': [
+                {
+                    '#text': 'test',
+                    'navigablestring': ['test'],
+                },
+                {
+                    '#text': 'test',
+                    'navigablestring': ['test'],
+                },
+                {
+                    '#text': 'test',
+                    'navigablestring': ['test'],
+                },
+            ],
+        },
+    ],
+}
+
+
+def test_as_json_true_dumps_to_json():
+    """Convert result should be json when as_json is true."""
+    soup = BeautifulSoup(html_doc, 'html.parser')
+
+    assert convert(soup, as_json=True) == json.dumps(expected_result)