diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 8ae4d38..9afff3a 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartstream',
-  version: '3.0.41',
+  version: '3.0.42',
   description: 'A library to simplify the creation and manipulation of Node.js streams, providing utilities for handling transform, duplex, and readable/writable streams effectively in TypeScript.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/smartstream.classes.streamintake.ts b/ts/smartstream.classes.streamintake.ts
index 99f10ad..91cdef2 100644
--- a/ts/smartstream.classes.streamintake.ts
+++ b/ts/smartstream.classes.streamintake.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,45 @@
 import * as plugins from './smartstream.plugins.js';
 
 export class StreamIntake<T> extends plugins.stream.Readable {
+  // STATIC
+  public static fromStream<U>(inputStream: plugins.stream.Readable | ReadableStream, options?: plugins.stream.ReadableOptions): StreamIntake<U> {
+    const intakeStream = new StreamIntake<U>(options);
+
+    if (inputStream instanceof plugins.stream.Readable) {
+      inputStream.on('data', (chunk: U) => {
+        intakeStream.pushData(chunk);
+      });
+
+      inputStream.on('end', () => {
+        intakeStream.signalEnd();
+      });
+
+      inputStream.on('error', (err: Error) => {
+        intakeStream.destroy(err);
+      });
+    } else {
+      const reader = (inputStream as ReadableStream).getReader();
+
+      const readChunk = () => {
+        reader.read().then(({ done, value }) => {
+          if (done) {
+            intakeStream.signalEnd();
+          } else {
+            intakeStream.pushData(value);
+            readChunk();
+          }
+        }).catch((err) => {
+          intakeStream.destroy(err);
+        });
+      };
+
+      readChunk();
+    }
+
+    return intakeStream;
+  }
+
+  // INSTANCE
   private signalEndBoolean = false;
   private chunkStore: T[] = [];
   public pushNextObservable = new plugins.smartrx.ObservableIntake<any>();
diff --git a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 8ae4d38..9afff3a 100644
--- a/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts_web/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartstream',
-  version: '3.0.41',
+  version: '3.0.42',
   description: 'A library to simplify the creation and manipulation of Node.js streams, providing utilities for handling transform, duplex, and readable/writable streams effectively in TypeScript.'
 }