diff --git a/crates/librqbit/src/http_api.rs b/crates/librqbit/src/http_api.rs
index 79b8408..d79556d 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit/src/http_api.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit/src/http_api.rs
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ impl Inner {
                 .enumerate()
                 .map(|(id, mgr)| TorrentListResponseItem {
                     id,
-                    info_hash: hex::encode(mgr.torrent_state().info_hash().0),
+                    info_hash: mgr.torrent_state().info_hash().as_string(),
                 })
                 .collect(),
         }
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ impl Inner {
 
     fn api_torrent_details(&self, idx: usize) -> Option<TorrentDetailsResponse> {
         let handle = self.mgr_handle(idx)?;
-        let info_hash = hex::encode(handle.torrent_state().info_hash().0);
+        let info_hash = handle.torrent_state().info_hash().as_string();
         let files = handle
             .torrent_state()
             .info()
diff --git a/crates/librqbit_core/src/id20.rs b/crates/librqbit_core/src/id20.rs
index c1dc6eb..b234087 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit_core/src/id20.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit_core/src/id20.rs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ impl<'de> Deserialize<'de> for Id20 {
 }
 
 impl Id20 {
-    pub fn to_string(&self) -> String {
+    pub fn as_string(&self) -> String {
         hex::encode(self.0)
     }
     pub fn distance(&self, other: &Id20) -> Id20 {
diff --git a/crates/librqbit_core/src/torrent_metainfo.rs b/crates/librqbit_core/src/torrent_metainfo.rs
index afc60a6..a3e5cbe 100644
--- a/crates/librqbit_core/src/torrent_metainfo.rs
+++ b/crates/librqbit_core/src/torrent_metainfo.rs
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ mod tests {
 
         let torrent: TorrentMetaV1Borrowed = torrent_from_bytes(&buf).unwrap();
         assert_eq!(
-            torrent.info_hash.to_string(),
+            torrent.info_hash.as_string(),
             "64a980abe6e448226bb930ba061592e44c3781a1"
         );
     }