diff --git a/src/AlternativeMain.purs b/src/AlternativeMain.purs
index cf404fc..c1a956d 100644
--- a/src/AlternativeMain.purs
+++ b/src/AlternativeMain.purs
@@ -4,30 +4,27 @@ module AlternativeMain where
 import Prelude
 
 import Effect (Effect)
-import Effect.Class (class MonadEffect, liftEffect)
 import Effect.Class.Console as Console
 
 import Data.Argonaut.Core as J
 import Data.Codec.Argonaut as CA
-import Data.Maybe (Maybe)
-import Data.Argonaut.Decode as DAD
-import Data.Either (Either(..))
+import Data.Either (Either)
 import Data.Codec.Argonaut.Record as CAR
-import Data.UInt (fromInt, toInt, UInt)
 import Data.Argonaut.Parser as JSONParser
 import Data.Bifunctor (lmap)
 
-import Data.Tuple (Tuple(..))
 import App.PermissionLevel as PermissionLevel
 
-type SumType = { permission :: PermissionLevel.PermissionLevel }
-codecSumType = CA.object "SumType" (CAR.record { permission: PermissionLevel.codec })
+type Permission = { permission :: PermissionLevel.PermissionLevel }
 
-encode :: SumType -> String
-encode = J.stringify <<< CA.encode codecSumType
+codecPermission :: CA.JsonCodec Permission
+codecPermission = CA.object "Permission" (CAR.record { permission: PermissionLevel.codec })
 
-decode :: String -> Either String SumType
-decode = parseDecodeJSON codecSumType
+encode :: Permission -> String
+encode = J.stringify <<< CA.encode codecPermission
+
+decode :: String -> Either String Permission
+decode = parseDecodeJSON codecPermission
 
 parseDecodeJSON :: forall a. CA.JsonCodec a -> String -> Either String a
 parseDecodeJSON codec str = do
diff --git a/src/App/PermissionLevel.purs b/src/App/PermissionLevel.purs
index 77407c7..2344861 100644
--- a/src/App/PermissionLevel.purs
+++ b/src/App/PermissionLevel.purs
@@ -1,13 +1,7 @@
 module App.PermissionLevel where
 
-import Prelude
-
 import Data.Codec.Argonaut as CA
-import Data.Codec.Argonaut.Variant as CAV
-import Data.Variant as V
-import Data.Profunctor (dimap)
-import Data.Either (Either(..))
-import Type.Proxy (Proxy(..))
+import Data.Maybe (Maybe(..))
 
 data PermissionLevel
   = None
@@ -15,22 +9,22 @@ data PermissionLevel
   | Edit
   | Admin
 
-codec ∷ CA.JsonCodec PermissionLevel
+-- | Codec for just encoding a single value of type `PermissionLevel`
+codec :: CA.JsonCodec PermissionLevel
 codec =
-  dimap toVariant fromVariant $ CAV.variantMatch { permission: Right CA.string }
+  CA.prismaticCodec "PermissionLevel" from to CA.string
   where
-    toVariant = case _ of
-      None  →  V.inj (Proxy ∷ _ "permission") "none"
-      Read  →  V.inj (Proxy ∷ _ "permission") "read"
-      Edit  →  V.inj (Proxy ∷ _ "permission") "edit"
-      Admin →  V.inj (Proxy ∷ _ "permission") "admin"
+    from :: String -> Maybe PermissionLevel
+    from = case _ of
+      "none"  -> Just None
+      "read"  -> Just Read
+      "edit"  -> Just Edit
+      "admin" -> Just Admin
+      _ -> Nothing
 
-    fromVariant = V.match
-      { permission:
-          \s -> case s of
-            "none"  -> None
-            "read"  -> Read
-            "edit"  -> Edit
-            "admin" -> Admin
-            _       -> None
-      }
+    to :: PermissionLevel -> String
+    to = case _ of
+      None  -> "none"
+      Read  -> "read"
+      Edit  -> "edit"
+      Admin -> "admin"