diff --git a/crypto/publicKey.ts b/crypto/publicKey.ts
index c668850..a0bceca 100644
--- a/crypto/publicKey.ts
+++ b/crypto/publicKey.ts
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@ export class BlahPublicKey {
     signedPayload: unknown,
   ): Promise<{ payload: P; key: BlahPublicKey }> {
     const signedPayloadSchema = blahSignedPayloadSchemaOf(schema);
-    const parsed = signedPayloadSchema.parse(signedPayload);
-    return await BlahPublicKey.verifyPayload(parsed as BlahSignedPayload<P>);
+    const parsed = signedPayloadSchema.parse(signedPayload) as z.infer<P>;
+    return await BlahPublicKey.verifyPayload(parsed);
   }
 
   async verifyPayload<P>(signedPayload: BlahSignedPayload<P>): Promise<P> {
diff --git a/identity/mod.ts b/identity/mod.ts
index d3da0da..a721390 100644
--- a/identity/mod.ts
+++ b/identity/mod.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,26 @@
-export type { BlahActKeyRecord } from "./actKey.ts";
-export type { BlahIdentityFile } from "./identityFile.ts";
-export type { BlahProfile } from "./profile.ts";
+import type z from "zod";
+
 export * from "./identity.ts";
+
+import {
+  type BlahProfile,
+  blahProfileSchema as internalBlahProfileSchema,
+} from "./profile.ts";
+const blahProfileSchema: z.ZodType<BlahProfile> = internalBlahProfileSchema;
+export { type BlahProfile, blahProfileSchema };
+
+import {
+  type BlahIdentityFile,
+  blahIdentityFileSchema as internalBlahIdentityFileSchema,
+} from "./identityFile.ts";
+const blahIdentityFileSchema: z.ZodType<BlahIdentityFile> =
+  internalBlahIdentityFileSchema;
+export { type BlahIdentityFile, blahIdentityFileSchema };
+
+import {
+  type BlahActKeyRecord,
+  blahActKeyRecordSchema as internalBlahActKeyRecordSchema,
+} from "./actKey.ts";
+const blahActKeyRecordSchema: z.ZodType<BlahActKeyRecord> =
+  internalBlahActKeyRecordSchema;
+export { type BlahActKeyRecord, blahActKeyRecordSchema };