diff --git a/sitemapper.d.ts b/sitemapper.d.ts
index 67dc261..c44a09c 100644
--- a/sitemapper.d.ts
+++ b/sitemapper.d.ts
@@ -34,6 +34,13 @@ declare class Sitemapper {
    * @param url URL to the sitemap.xml file
    */
   fetch(url?: string): Promise<SitemapperResponse>;
+
+  /**
+   * Requests the URL and uses parseStringPromise to parse through and find the data
+   *
+   * @param url URL to the sitemap.xml file
+   */
+  parse(url?: string): Promise<ParseData>;
 }
 
 export default Sitemapper;
diff --git a/src/assets/sitemapper.js b/src/assets/sitemapper.js
index 811f443..e7a98c7 100644
--- a/src/assets/sitemapper.js
+++ b/src/assets/sitemapper.js
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ export default class Sitemapper {
   /**
    * Requests the URL and uses parseStringPromise to parse through and find the data
    *
-   * @private
+   * @public
    * @param {string} [url] - the Sitemaps url (e.g https://wp.seantburke.com/sitemap.xml)
    * @returns {Promise<ParseData>}
    */