diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 065ed3d9..c237286d 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+# 1.0.1
+- only bitcoinsv-rpc - added new() method for Client which accepts a URI with username and password included
+
 # 1.0.0
 - cargo update
 - add timeout parameter for Client
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 34e6a261..287ce9af 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
  "bitcoinsv",
@@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde_json",
  "tempfile",
  "tokio",
+ "url",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -177,6 +178,15 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9fc0510504f03c51ada170672ac806f1f105a88aa97a5281117e1ddc3368e51a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "form_urlencoded"
+version = "1.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e13624c2627564efccf4934284bdd98cbaa14e79b0b5a141218e507b3a823456"
+dependencies = [
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "futures"
 version = "0.3.30"
@@ -301,6 +311,16 @@ version = "2.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "9a3a5bfb195931eeb336b2a7b4d761daec841b97f947d34394601737a7bba5e4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "idna"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "634d9b1461af396cad843f47fdba5597a4f9e6ddd4bfb6ff5d85028c25cb12f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-bidi",
+ "unicode-normalization",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "integration_test"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -465,6 +485,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "percent-encoding"
+version = "2.3.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e3148f5046208a5d56bcfc03053e3ca6334e51da8dfb19b6cdc8b306fae3283e"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "pin-project-lite"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -718,6 +744,21 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi-util",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec"
+version = "1.8.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "445e881f4f6d382d5f27c034e25eb92edd7c784ceab92a0937db7f2e9471b938"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tinyvec_macros"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1f3ccbac311fea05f86f61904b462b55fb3df8837a366dfc601a0161d0532f20"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tokio"
 version = "1.38.0"
@@ -759,18 +800,44 @@ dependencies = [
  "tokio",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-bidi"
+version = "0.3.15"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "08f95100a766bf4f8f28f90d77e0a5461bbdb219042e7679bebe79004fed8d75"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "3354b9ac3fae1ff6755cb6db53683adb661634f67557942dea4facebec0fee4b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-normalization"
+version = "0.1.23"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a56d1686db2308d901306f92a263857ef59ea39678a5458e7cb17f01415101f5"
+dependencies = [
+ "tinyvec",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "untrusted"
 version = "0.9.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8ecb6da28b8a351d773b68d5825ac39017e680750f980f3a1a85cd8dd28a47c1"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "url"
+version = "2.5.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "22784dbdf76fdde8af1aeda5622b546b422b6fc585325248a2bf9f5e41e94d6c"
+dependencies = [
+ "form_urlencoded",
+ "idna",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "uuid"
 version = "1.9.1"
diff --git a/client/Cargo.toml b/client/Cargo.toml
index 8d8f927b..04ae3248 100644
--- a/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "bitcoinsv-rpc"
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "1.0.1"
 authors = [
     "Daniel Connolly <daniel@dconnolly.com>"
 ]
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ serde_json = "1"
 hex = "0.4.3"
 bitcoinsv = "0.2.5"
 async-trait = "0.1.75"
+url = "2.5.0"
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 tempfile = "3.3.0"
diff --git a/client/src/client.rs b/client/src/client.rs
index a62689aa..38f61278 100644
--- a/client/src/client.rs
+++ b/client/src/client.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::io::{BufRead, BufReader, Cursor};
 use std::iter::FromIterator;
 use std::path::PathBuf;
 use std::{fmt, result};
+use url::Url;
 use async_trait::async_trait;
 use hex::{FromHex, ToHex};
 use jsonrpc;
@@ -538,6 +539,24 @@ impl Client {
         };
         Ok(Client {client: jsonrpc::client::Client::with_transport(b.build())})
     }
+
+    pub fn new_from_uri(uri: &str, timeout: Option<std::time::Duration>) -> Result<Self>  {
+        let url;
+        let username;
+        let password;
+        match Url::parse(&*uri) {
+            Err(_e) => {
+                println!("could not parse RPC URI");
+                return Err(Error::InvalidUri);
+            }
+            Ok(result) => {
+                url = format!("{}://{}:{}/", result.scheme(), result.host_str().unwrap(), result.port().unwrap());
+                username = String::from(result.username());
+                password = String::from(result.password().unwrap());
+            }
+        }
+        Client::new(&url, Auth::UserPass(username, password), timeout)
+    }
 }
 
 impl RpcApi for Client {
diff --git a/client/src/error.rs b/client/src/error.rs
index 3e8f08e7..e4c98b3a 100644
--- a/client/src/error.rs
+++ b/client/src/error.rs
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@ pub enum Error {
     UnexpectedStructure,
     /// The daemon returned an error string.
     ReturnedError(String),
+    /// The URI could not be parsed.
+    InvalidUri,
     MinReqError(jsonrpc::minreq_http::Error),
     SVJsonError(bitcoinsv::Error),
 }
@@ -43,12 +45,6 @@ impl From<io::Error> for Error {
     }
 }
 
-// impl From<bitcoinsv::Error> for Error {
-//     fn from(e: bitcoinsv::Error) -> Error {
-//         Error::BitcoinSVError(e)
-//     }
-// }
-//
 impl From<jsonrpc::minreq_http::Error> for Error {
     fn from(e: jsonrpc::minreq_http::Error) -> Error {
         Error::MinReqError(e)
@@ -71,7 +67,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for Error {
             Error::InvalidCookieFile => write!(f, "invalid cookie file"),
             Error::UnexpectedStructure => write!(f, "the JSON result had an unexpected structure"),
             Error::ReturnedError(ref s) => write!(f, "the daemon returned an error string: {}", s),
-            // Error::BitcoinSVError(ref e) => write!(f, "BSV error: {}", e),
+            Error::InvalidUri => write!(f, "the URI could not be parsed"),
             Error::MinReqError(ref e) => write!(f, "HTTPMinReq: {}", e),
             Error::SVJsonError(ref e) => write!(f, "SVJson: {}", e),
         }