diff --git a/test/test.both.ts b/test/test.both.ts
index 3506355..0ce8ac4 100644
--- a/test/test.both.ts
+++ b/test/test.both.ts
@@ -10,6 +10,11 @@ tap.test('first test', async () => {
 
 tap.test('should check an IBAN', async () => {
   expect(testValidator.isIban('AT95 0100 0000 0555 4915')).toBeTrue();
+});
+
+tap.test('escape email', async () => {
+  const escapedEmail = testValidator.escape('test@example.com');
+  console.log(escapedEmail);
 })
 
 tap.start();
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index a6554fc..e72808f 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@pushrocks/smartvalidator',
-  version: '1.0.2',
+  version: '1.0.3',
   description: 'a wrapper for the validator package to perform validations'
 }
diff --git a/ts/index.ts b/ts/index.ts
index 370ab09..88cd01c 100644
--- a/ts/index.ts
+++ b/ts/index.ts
@@ -8,4 +8,8 @@ export class SmartValidator {
   public isIban(stringArg: string) {
     return plugins.validator.isIBAN(stringArg);
   }
+
+  public escape(stringArg: string) {
+    return plugins.validator.escape(stringArg);
+  }
 }
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