diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
index b904065..de791da 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   val EN: Language = "en"
   val DE: Language = "de"
 
+  extension (l: Language) def value: String = l
+
 case class LanguagePreference(inOrder: List[Language])
 
 object LanguagePreference:

diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
index b904065..de791da 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/Language.scala
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
   val EN: Language = "en"
   val DE: Language = "de"
 
+  extension (l: Language) def value: String = l
+
 case class LanguagePreference(inOrder: List[Language])
 
 object LanguagePreference:
diff --git a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/UserName.scala b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/UserName.scala
index 82006e2..9ee185a 100644
--- a/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/UserName.scala
+++ b/core/shared/src/main/scala/works/iterative/core/UserName.scala
@@ -9,3 +9,5 @@
     Validated.nonEmptyString("user.name")(value)
 
   def unsafe(value: String): UserName = value
+
+  extension (un: UserName) def value: String = un