diff --git a/src/environment.rs b/src/environment.rs
index 8eee486..12de5b6 100644
--- a/src/environment.rs
+++ b/src/environment.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use crate::database::raw::{RawTable, RawTableTryBuilder};
 use crate::database::wrapped::WrappedTable;
 use crate::wrapper::{ByteWrapper, ZeroCopyByteWrapper};
 use anyhow::{ensure, Context};
-use libmdbx::{DatabaseFlags, Environment, WriteMap};
+use libmdbx::{DatabaseFlags, Environment, Transaction, TransactionKind, WriteMap, RO, RW};
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
@@ -57,4 +57,40 @@ impl Env {
             v_wrapper,
         })
     }
+
+    /// Begins a read-only transaction.
+    pub fn ro_txn(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Txn<RO>> {
+        let mdbx_txn = self.mdbx_env.begin_ro_txn()?;
+        Ok(Txn { mdbx_txn })
+    }
+
+    /// Begins a read-write transaction. This one has an awkward name because `rw_txn` is an easier
+    /// interface (insofar as you don't need to remember to `commit` yourself).
+    pub fn begin_rw_txn(&self) -> anyhow::Result<Txn<RW>> {
+        let mdbx_txn = self.mdbx_env.begin_rw_txn()?;
+        Ok(Txn { mdbx_txn })
+    }
+
+    /// Runs a transaction and commits for you, if the Result variant is `Ok(R)` (NOT `Err`).
+    /// This way, it's hard to forget to commit.
+    pub fn rw_txn<R>(&self, func: impl FnOnce(&Txn<RW>) -> anyhow::Result<R>) -> anyhow::Result<R> {
+        let txn = self.begin_rw_txn()?;
+        let result = func(&txn)?;
+        txn.commit()?;
+        Ok(result)
+    }
+}
+
+pub struct Txn<'txn, K: TransactionKind> {
+    pub mdbx_txn: Transaction<'txn, K, WriteMap>,
+}
+
+impl<'txn, K: TransactionKind> Txn<'txn, K> {}
+
+impl<'txn> Txn<'txn, RW> {
+    pub fn commit(self) -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+        // TODO bool here, find out what it means and maybe pass up
+        self.mdbx_txn.commit()?;
+        Ok(())
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 941c1af..9d410d9 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-pub(crate) mod database;
-pub(crate) mod environment;
-pub(crate) mod wrapper;
+pub mod database;
+pub mod environment;
+pub mod wrapper;
 
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
diff --git a/src/wrapper.rs b/src/wrapper.rs
index 8630b2b..23d95af 100644
--- a/src/wrapper.rs
+++ b/src/wrapper.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ use anyhow::anyhow;
 use serde::de::DeserializeOwned;
 use serde::Serialize;
 use std::marker::PhantomData;
-use std::sync::Mutex;
+use std::sync::{Arc, Mutex};
 use zstd::bulk::{Compressor, Decompressor};
 
 pub trait ByteWrapper {
@@ -57,6 +57,18 @@ impl<T: ByteWrapper> ByteWrapper for CompressorWrapper<T> {
     }
 }
 
+impl<T: ByteWrapper> ByteWrapper for Arc<T> {
+    type Item = T::Item;
+
+    fn load_from_db_bytes(&self, bytes: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<Self::Item> {
+        (&self as &T).load_from_db_bytes(bytes)
+    }
+
+    fn dump_to_db_bytes(&self, item: &Self::Item) -> anyhow::Result<Vec<u8>> {
+        (&self as &T).dump_to_db_bytes(item)
+    }
+}
+
 pub trait ZeroCopyByteWrapper {
     fn as_byte_slice(&self) -> &[u8];
     fn from_byte_slice(bytes: &[u8]) -> anyhow::Result<&Self>;