diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f8ae34d..08bba07 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,7 +3,9 @@ Who knows what the future holds...
 
 # 0.X.Y - DD/MM/YYYY
 ### Changes:
-None, yet...
+Protocols:
+- Minecraft Java: Add derives to `RequestSettings` and add `new_just_hostname` that creates new settings just by specifying
+the hostname, `protocol_version` defaults to -1.
 
 ### Breaking...
 None, yaay!
diff --git a/src/protocols/minecraft/types.rs b/src/protocols/minecraft/types.rs
index fafc77a..0d1da2c 100644
--- a/src/protocols/minecraft/types.rs
+++ b/src/protocols/minecraft/types.rs
@@ -89,6 +89,8 @@ pub struct JavaResponse {
 }
 
 /// Java-only additional request settings.
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Hash, PartialOrd, Ord)]
 pub struct RequestSettings {
     /// Some Minecraft servers do not respond as expected if this
     /// isn't a specific value, `mc.hypixel.net` is an example.
@@ -99,8 +101,7 @@ pub struct RequestSettings {
 }
 
 impl Default for RequestSettings {
-    /// `hostname`: "gamedig"
-    ///
+    /// `hostname`: "gamedig"  
     /// `protocol_version`: -1
     fn default() -> Self {
         Self {
@@ -110,6 +111,17 @@ impl Default for RequestSettings {
     }
 }
 
+impl RequestSettings {
+    /// Make a new *RequestSettings* with just the hostname, the protocol
+    /// version defaults to -1
+    pub fn new_just_hostname(hostname: String) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            hostname,
+            protocol_version: -1,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
 impl From<ExtraRequestSettings> for RequestSettings {
     fn from(value: ExtraRequestSettings) -> Self {
         let default = Self::default();