diff --git a/echo.go b/echo.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a3f43ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/echo.go
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package goption
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+)
+
+func (cb *Optional[T]) UnmarshalText(text []byte) error {
+	return cb.UnmarshalJSON([]byte(fmt.Sprintf("\"%s\"", text)))
+
+}