diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5f9ff5d6..c03e55e7 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 /target
-.vscode/
\ No newline at end of file
+.vscode/
+.zed/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index ab6cc588..24587e84 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1546,7 +1546,7 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "sev"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "7.1.1"
 dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bitfield",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 0858b3c4..53a1f3c6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [package]
 name = "sev"
-version = "7.1.0"
+version = "7.1.1"
 authors = [
     "Nathaniel McCallum <npmccallum@redhat.com>",
     "The VirTEE Project Developers",
diff --git a/src/certs/snp/cert_nossl.rs b/src/certs/snp/cert_nossl.rs
index 88aeb1a4..8a7cb35c 100644
--- a/src/certs/snp/cert_nossl.rs
+++ b/src/certs/snp/cert_nossl.rs
@@ -62,6 +62,11 @@ impl Verifiable for (&Certificate, &Certificate) {
 }
 
 impl Certificate {
+    /// Gets a reference to the X509 certificate inside
+    pub fn cert(&self) -> &x509_cert::Certificate {
+        &self.0
+    }
+
     /// Create a Certificate from a PEM-encoded X509 structure.
     pub fn from_pem(pem: &[u8]) -> Result<Self> {
         let cert = x509_cert::Certificate::from_pem(pem)
@@ -106,3 +111,15 @@ impl Certificate {
 fn io_error_other<S: Into<String>>(error: S) -> io::Error {
     io::Error::new(ErrorKind::Other, error.into())
 }
+
+impl From<x509_cert::Certificate> for Certificate {
+    fn from(value: x509_cert::Certificate) -> Self {
+        Self(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<Certificate> for x509_cert::Certificate {
+    fn from(Certificate(cert): Certificate) -> Self {
+        cert
+    }
+}