diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 2cf4f23..71ff42a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 Procedure when bumping the version number:
+
 1. Update dependencies in a separate commit
 2. Set version number in `Cargo.toml`
 3. Add new section in this changelog
@@ -13,6 +14,45 @@ Procedure when bumping the version number:
 
 ## Unreleased
 
+### Changed
+
+- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.32` to `0.33`
+
+## v0.5.0 - 2024-09-04
+
+### Changed
+
+- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.31` to `0.32`
+
+## v0.4.0 - 2024-02-23
+
+### Changed
+
+- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.30` to `0.31`
+
+## v0.3.0 - 2023-12-26
+
+### Changed
+
+- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.29` to `0.30`
+
+## v0.2.0 - 2023-05-14
+
+### Added
+
+- `serde` feature
+- `serde::from_row_via_index`
+- `serde::from_row_via_name`
+
+### Changed
+
+- **(breaking)**
+  Error handling of `Action`s is now more complex but more powerful. In
+  particular, `Action`s can now return almost arbitrary errors without nesting
+  `Result`s like before.
+- **(breaking)** Renamed `Action::Result` to `Action::Output`
+- **(breaking)** Bumped `rusqlite` dependency from `0.28` to `0.29`
+
 ## v0.1.0 - 2023-02-12
 
 Initial release
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a3b297..80d87a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,11 +1,13 @@
 [package]
 name = "vault"
-version = "0.1.0"
+version = "0.5.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [features]
+serde = ["dep:serde"]
 tokio = ["dep:tokio"]
 
 [dependencies]
-rusqlite = "0.28.0"
-tokio = { version = "1.25.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
+rusqlite = "0.33.0"
+serde = { version = "1.0.209", optional = true }
+tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["sync"], optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 5d65e1a..edc1392 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -9,12 +9,17 @@
 // Clippy lints
 #![warn(clippy::use_self)]
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+pub mod serde;
 pub mod simple;
 #[cfg(feature = "tokio")]
 pub mod tokio;
 
 use rusqlite::{Connection, Transaction};
 
+#[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+pub use self::serde::*;
+
 /// An action that can be performed on a [`Connection`].
 ///
 /// Both commands and queries are considered actions. Commands usually have a
@@ -23,8 +28,9 @@ use rusqlite::{Connection, Transaction};
 /// Actions are usually passed to a vault which will then execute them and
 /// return the result. The way in which this occurs depends on the vault.
 pub trait Action {
-    type Result;
-    fn run(self, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Self::Result>;
+    type Output;
+    type Error;
+    fn run(self, conn: &mut Connection) -> Result<Self::Output, Self::Error>;
 }
 
 /// A single database migration.
diff --git a/src/serde.rs b/src/serde.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d58640d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/serde.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,325 @@
+use std::{error, fmt, str::Utf8Error};
+
+use rusqlite::{
+    types::{FromSqlError, ValueRef},
+    Row,
+};
+use serde::{
+    de::{
+        self, value::BorrowedStrDeserializer, DeserializeSeed, Deserializer, MapAccess, SeqAccess,
+        Visitor,
+    },
+    forward_to_deserialize_any, Deserialize,
+};
+
+#[derive(Debug)]
+enum Error {
+    ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType,
+    ExpectedStructLikeBaseType,
+    Utf8(Utf8Error),
+    Rusqlite(rusqlite::Error),
+    Custom(String),
+}
+
+impl fmt::Display for Error {
+    fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
+        match self {
+            Self::ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType => write!(f, "expected tuple-like base type"),
+            Self::ExpectedStructLikeBaseType => write!(f, "expected struct-like base type"),
+            Self::Utf8(err) => err.fmt(f),
+            Self::Rusqlite(err) => err.fmt(f),
+            Self::Custom(msg) => msg.fmt(f),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl error::Error for Error {}
+
+impl de::Error for Error {
+    fn custom<T: fmt::Display>(msg: T) -> Self {
+        Self::Custom(msg.to_string())
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Utf8Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: Utf8Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Utf8(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<rusqlite::Error> for Error {
+    fn from(value: rusqlite::Error) -> Self {
+        Self::Rusqlite(value)
+    }
+}
+
+struct ValueRefDeserializer<'de> {
+    value: ValueRef<'de>,
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for ValueRefDeserializer<'de> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
+        i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes byte_buf
+        unit unit_struct seq tuple tuple_struct map struct identifier
+        ignored_any
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        match self.value {
+            ValueRef::Null => visitor.visit_unit(),
+            ValueRef::Integer(v) => visitor.visit_i64(v),
+            ValueRef::Real(v) => visitor.visit_f64(v),
+            ValueRef::Text(v) => visitor.visit_borrowed_str(std::str::from_utf8(v)?),
+            ValueRef::Blob(v) => visitor.visit_borrowed_bytes(v),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_bool<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        match self.value {
+            ValueRef::Integer(0) => visitor.visit_bool(false),
+            ValueRef::Integer(_) => visitor.visit_bool(true),
+            _ => self.deserialize_any(visitor),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_option<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        match self.value {
+            ValueRef::Null => visitor.visit_none(),
+            _ => visitor.visit_some(self),
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_enum<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        name: &'static str,
+        variants: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        match self.value {
+            ValueRef::Text(v) => {
+                let v = BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(std::str::from_utf8(v)?);
+                v.deserialize_enum(name, variants, visitor)
+            }
+            _ => self.deserialize_any(visitor),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct IndexedRowDeserializer<'de, 'stmt> {
+    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for IndexedRowDeserializer<'de, '_> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
+        bool i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes
+        byte_buf option unit unit_struct map enum identifier ignored_any
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        Err(Error::ExpectedTupleLikeBaseType)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_newtype_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        visitor.visit_newtype_struct(self)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_seq<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        visitor.visit_seq(IndexedRowSeq::new(self.row))
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_tuple<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _len: usize,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        self.deserialize_seq(visitor)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_tuple_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        _len: usize,
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        self.deserialize_seq(visitor)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        fields: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        visitor.visit_map(IndexedRowMap::new(self.row, fields))
+    }
+}
+
+struct IndexedRowSeq<'de, 'stmt> {
+    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
+    next_index: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'stmt> IndexedRowSeq<'de, 'stmt> {
+    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>) -> Self {
+        Self { row, next_index: 0 }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> SeqAccess<'de> for IndexedRowSeq<'de, '_> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn next_element_seed<T>(&mut self, seed: T) -> Result<Option<T::Value>, Self::Error>
+    where
+        T: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        match self.row.get_ref(self.next_index) {
+            Ok(value) => {
+                self.next_index += 1;
+                seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value }).map(Some)
+            }
+            Err(rusqlite::Error::InvalidColumnIndex(_)) => Ok(None),
+            Err(err) => Err(err)?,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+struct IndexedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
+    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
+    fields: &'static [&'static str],
+    next_index: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'stmt> IndexedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
+    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>, fields: &'static [&'static str]) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            row,
+            fields,
+            next_index: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> MapAccess<'de> for IndexedRowMap<'de, '_> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn next_key_seed<K>(&mut self, seed: K) -> Result<Option<K::Value>, Self::Error>
+    where
+        K: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Some(key) = self.fields.get(self.next_index) {
+            self.next_index += 1;
+            seed.deserialize(BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(key))
+                .map(Some)
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn next_value_seed<V>(&mut self, seed: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        let value = self.row.get_ref(self.next_index - 1)?;
+        seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value })
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn from_row_via_index<'de, T>(row: &'de Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    T::deserialize(IndexedRowDeserializer { row })
+        .map_err(|err| FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err)).into())
+}
+
+struct NamedRowDeserializer<'de, 'stmt> {
+    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
+}
+
+impl<'de> Deserializer<'de> for NamedRowDeserializer<'de, '_> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    forward_to_deserialize_any! {
+        bool i8 i16 i32 i64 u8 u16 u32 u64 f32 f64 char str string bytes
+        byte_buf option unit unit_struct newtype_struct seq tuple tuple_struct
+        map enum identifier ignored_any
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_any<V: Visitor<'de>>(self, _visitor: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        Err(Error::ExpectedStructLikeBaseType)
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize_struct<V: Visitor<'de>>(
+        self,
+        _name: &'static str,
+        fields: &'static [&'static str],
+        visitor: V,
+    ) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error> {
+        visitor.visit_map(NamedRowMap::new(self.row, fields))
+    }
+}
+
+struct NamedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
+    row: &'de Row<'stmt>,
+    fields: &'static [&'static str],
+    next_index: usize,
+}
+
+impl<'de, 'stmt> NamedRowMap<'de, 'stmt> {
+    fn new(row: &'de Row<'stmt>, fields: &'static [&'static str]) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            row,
+            fields,
+            next_index: 0,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl<'de> MapAccess<'de> for NamedRowMap<'de, '_> {
+    type Error = Error;
+
+    fn next_key_seed<K>(&mut self, seed: K) -> Result<Option<K::Value>, Self::Error>
+    where
+        K: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        if let Some(key) = self.fields.get(self.next_index) {
+            self.next_index += 1;
+            seed.deserialize(BorrowedStrDeserializer::new(key))
+                .map(Some)
+        } else {
+            Ok(None)
+        }
+    }
+
+    fn next_value_seed<V>(&mut self, seed: V) -> Result<V::Value, Self::Error>
+    where
+        V: DeserializeSeed<'de>,
+    {
+        let value = self.row.get_ref(self.next_index - 1)?;
+        seed.deserialize(ValueRefDeserializer { value })
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn from_row_via_name<'de, T>(row: &'de Row<'_>) -> rusqlite::Result<T>
+where
+    T: Deserialize<'de>,
+{
+    T::deserialize(NamedRowDeserializer { row })
+        .map_err(|err| FromSqlError::Other(Box::new(err)).into())
+}
diff --git a/src/simple.rs b/src/simple.rs
index e800073..8dcedd0 100644
--- a/src/simple.rs
+++ b/src/simple.rs
@@ -34,13 +34,13 @@ impl SimpleVault {
     ///
     /// The `prepare` parameter allows access to the database after all
     /// migrations have occurred. This parameter could be replaced by executing
+    /// an [`Action`] performing the same operations.
     ///
     /// It is recommended to set a few pragmas before calling this function, for
     /// example:
     /// - `journal_mode` to `"wal"`
     /// - `foreign_keys` to `true`
     /// - `trusted_schema` to `false`
-    /// an [`Action`] performing the same operations.
     pub fn new_and_prepare(
         mut conn: Connection,
         migrations: &[Migration],
@@ -52,11 +52,7 @@ impl SimpleVault {
     }
 
     /// Execute an [`Action`] and return the result.
-    pub fn execute<A>(&mut self, action: A) -> rusqlite::Result<A::Result>
-    where
-        A: Action + Send + 'static,
-        A::Result: Send,
-    {
+    pub fn execute<A: Action>(&mut self, action: A) -> Result<A::Output, A::Error> {
         action.run(&mut self.0)
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/tokio.rs b/src/tokio.rs
index 822ce49..564f151 100644
--- a/src/tokio.rs
+++ b/src/tokio.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 //! A vault for use with [`tokio`].
 
-use std::{any::Any, error, fmt, result, thread};
+use std::{any::Any, error, fmt, thread};
 
 use rusqlite::Connection;
 use tokio::sync::{mpsc, oneshot};
@@ -12,16 +12,25 @@ use crate::{Action, Migration};
 ///
 /// This way, the trait that users of this crate interact with is kept simpler.
 trait ActionWrapper {
-    fn run(self: Box<Self>, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>>;
+    fn run(
+        self: Box<Self>,
+        conn: &mut Connection,
+    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>>;
 }
 
 impl<T: Action> ActionWrapper for T
 where
-    T::Result: Send + 'static,
+    T::Output: Send + 'static,
+    T::Error: Send + 'static,
 {
-    fn run(self: Box<Self>, conn: &mut Connection) -> rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>> {
-        let result = (*self).run(conn)?;
-        Ok(Box::new(result))
+    fn run(
+        self: Box<Self>,
+        conn: &mut Connection,
+    ) -> Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>> {
+        match (*self).run(conn) {
+            Ok(result) => Ok(Box::new(result)),
+            Err(err) => Err(Box::new(err)),
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -29,46 +38,38 @@ where
 enum Command {
     Action(
         Box<dyn ActionWrapper + Send>,
-        oneshot::Sender<rusqlite::Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>>>,
+        oneshot::Sender<Result<Box<dyn Any + Send>, Box<dyn Any + Send>>>,
     ),
     Stop(oneshot::Sender<()>),
 }
 
 /// Error that can occur during execution of an [`Action`].
 #[derive(Debug)]
-pub enum Error {
+pub enum Error<E> {
     /// The vault's thread has been stopped and its sqlite connection closed.
     Stopped,
-    /// A [`rusqlite::Error`] occurred while running the action.
-    Rusqlite(rusqlite::Error),
+    /// An error was returned by the [`Action`].
+    Action(E),
 }
 
-impl fmt::Display for Error {
+impl<E: fmt::Display> fmt::Display for Error<E> {
     fn fmt(&self, f: &mut fmt::Formatter<'_>) -> fmt::Result {
         match self {
             Self::Stopped => "vault has been stopped".fmt(f),
-            Self::Rusqlite(err) => err.fmt(f),
+            Self::Action(err) => err.fmt(f),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl error::Error for Error {
+impl<E: error::Error> error::Error for Error<E> {
     fn source(&self) -> Option<&(dyn error::Error + 'static)> {
         match self {
             Self::Stopped => None,
-            Self::Rusqlite(err) => Some(err),
+            Self::Action(err) => err.source(),
         }
     }
 }
 
-impl From<rusqlite::Error> for Error {
-    fn from(value: rusqlite::Error) -> Self {
-        Self::Rusqlite(value)
-    }
-}
-
-pub type Result<R> = result::Result<R, Error>;
-
 fn run(mut conn: Connection, mut rx: mpsc::UnboundedReceiver<Command>) {
     while let Some(command) = rx.blocking_recv() {
         match command {
@@ -132,24 +133,34 @@ impl TokioVault {
     }
 
     /// Execute an [`Action`] and return the result.
-    pub async fn execute<A>(&self, action: A) -> Result<A::Result>
+    pub async fn execute<A>(&self, action: A) -> Result<A::Output, Error<A::Error>>
     where
         A: Action + Send + 'static,
-        A::Result: Send,
+        A::Output: Send,
+        A::Error: Send,
     {
         let (tx, rx) = oneshot::channel();
         self.tx
             .send(Command::Action(Box::new(action), tx))
             .map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)?;
 
-        let result = rx.await.map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)??;
+        let result = rx.await.map_err(|_| Error::Stopped)?;
 
-        // The ActionWrapper runs Action::run, which returns Action::Result. It
-        // then wraps this into Any, which we're now trying to downcast again to
-        // Action::Result. This should always work.
-        let result = result.downcast().unwrap();
-
-        Ok(*result)
+        // The ActionWrapper runs Action::run, which returns
+        // Result<Action::Result, Action::Error>. It then wraps the
+        // Action::Result and Action::Error into Any, which we're now trying to
+        // downcast again to Action::Result and Action::Error. This should
+        // always work.
+        match result {
+            Ok(result) => {
+                let result = *result.downcast::<A::Output>().unwrap();
+                Ok(result)
+            }
+            Err(err) => {
+                let err = *err.downcast::<A::Error>().unwrap();
+                Err(Error::Action(err))
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// Stop the vault's thread and close its sqlite connection.