diff --git a/VERSION b/VERSION
index 966fa8e..a3a5ea5 100644
--- a/VERSION
+++ b/VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-0.2309.152202
+0.2309.152244
diff --git a/src/Serialisation/Bencode.php b/src/Serialisation/Bencode.php
index ea42f42..4aa93e9 100644
--- a/src/Serialisation/Bencode.php
+++ b/src/Serialisation/Bencode.php
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 <?php
 // Bencode.php
 // Created: 2022-01-13
-// Updated: 2023-07-21
+// Updated: 2023-09-15
 
 namespace Index\Serialisation;
 
+use InvalidArgumentException;
 use RuntimeException;
+use Index\IO\GenericStream;
 use Index\IO\Stream;
 use Index\IO\TempFileStream;
 
@@ -60,11 +62,14 @@ final class Bencode {
         }
     }
 
-    public static function decode(Stream|string $input, int $depth = self::DEFAULT_DEPTH, bool $dictAsObject = false): mixed {
-        if(!($input instanceof Stream)) {
+    public static function decode(mixed $input, int $depth = self::DEFAULT_DEPTH, bool $dictAsObject = false): mixed {
+        if(is_string($input)) {
             $input = TempFileStream::fromString($input);
             $input->seek(0);
-        }
+        } elseif(is_resource($input))
+            $input = new GenericStream($input);
+        elseif(!($input instanceof Stream))
+            throw new InvalidArgumentException('$input must be a string, an Index Stream or a file resource.');
 
         if($depth < 1)
             throw new RuntimeException('Maximum depth reached, structure is too dense.');