diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e695b33b7..52a868efb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ Documentation can be found [here](https://eosio.github.io/eosjs)
 
 The official distribution package can be found at [npm](https://www.npmjs.com/package/eosjs).
 
-### NodeJS Dependency
+### Add dependency to your project
 
 `yarn add eosjs`
 
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ Clone this repository locally then run `yarn build-web`.  The browser distributi
 
 ### ES Modules
 
-Importing using ES6 module syntax in the browser is supported if you have a transpiler, such as Babel.
+Importing using ESM syntax is supported using TypeScript, [webpack](https://webpack.js.org/api/module-methods), or  [Node.js with `--experimental-modules` flag](https://nodejs.org/api/esm.html)
 ```js
 import { Api, JsonRpc, RpcError } from 'eosjs';
 import { JsSignatureProvider } from 'eosjs/dist/eosjs-jssig';           // development only
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ import { JsSignatureProvider } from 'eosjs/dist/eosjs-jssig';           // devel
 
 ### CommonJS
 
-Importing using commonJS syntax is supported by NodeJS out of the box.
+Importing using commonJS syntax is supported by Node.js out of the box.
 ```js
 const { Api, JsonRpc, RpcError } = require('eosjs');
 const { JsSignatureProvider } = require('eosjs/dist/eosjs-jssig');      // development only
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const signatureProvider = new JsSignatureProvider([defaultPrivateKey]);
 
 ### JSON-RPC
 
-Open a connection to JSON-RPC, include `fetch` when on NodeJS.
+Open a connection to JSON-RPC, include `fetch` when on Node.js.
 ```js
 const rpc = new JsonRpc('http://127.0.0.1:8888', { fetch });
 ```
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index a48af7a46..b8445fbef 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
     "test": "jest src/tests/*eosjs*",
     "test-node": "jest src/tests/*node*",
     "test-all": "yarn test && yarn test-node && yarn cypress",
-    "build": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.json && cp src/ripemd.es5.js dist/ripemd.js",
+    "build": "tsc -p ./tsconfig.json && node scripts/copy-ripe-md.js",
     "build-web": "webpack --config webpack.prod.js && webpack --config webpack.debug.js",
     "build-production": "yarn build && yarn build-web && yarn test-all",
     "clean": "rm -rf dist",
diff --git a/scripts/copy-ripe-md.js b/scripts/copy-ripe-md.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..c047379c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/copy-ripe-md.js
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+var fs = require('fs');
+var path = require('path');
+var root = __dirname.replace('scripts', '');
+
+if(!fs.existsSync(path.join(root + 'dist')))
+    fs.mkdirSync(path.join(root + 'dist'));
+
+fs.copyFileSync(path.join(root + 'src/ripemd.es5.js'), path.join(root + 'dist/ripemd.js'));
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diff --git a/src/eosjs-serialize.ts b/src/eosjs-serialize.ts
index 756b198b9..c7e2139bf 100644
--- a/src/eosjs-serialize.ts
+++ b/src/eosjs-serialize.ts
@@ -1143,3 +1143,17 @@ export function deserializeAction(contract: Contract, account: string, name: str
         data: deserializeActionData(contract, account, name, data, textEncoder, textDecoder),
     };
 }
+
+/** Deserialize struct type. If `data` is a `string`, then it's assumed to be in hex. */
+export function deserializeTypeData(contract: Contract, account: string, structName: string, data: string | Uint8Array, textEncoder: TextEncoder, textDecoder: TextDecoder): any {
+    const type = contract.types.get(structName);
+    if (typeof data === "string") {
+        data = hexToUint8Array(data);
+    }
+    if(!type) {
+        throw new Error(`Unknown type ${structName} in contract ${account}`);
+    }
+    const buffer = new SerialBuffer({textDecoder, textEncoder});
+    buffer.pushArray(data);
+    return type.deserialize(buffer);
+}
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