diff --git a/Sources/XMTP/Codecs/ReadReceiptCodec.swift b/Sources/XMTP/Codecs/ReadReceiptCodec.swift
index 8fd61cf5..354e8b68 100644
--- a/Sources/XMTP/Codecs/ReadReceiptCodec.swift
+++ b/Sources/XMTP/Codecs/ReadReceiptCodec.swift
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ import Foundation
 
 public let ContentTypeReadReceipt = ContentTypeID(authorityID: "xmtp.org", typeID: "readReceipt", versionMajor: 1, versionMinor: 0)
 
-public struct ReadReceipt {}
+public struct ReadReceipt {
+    public init() {}
+}
 
 public struct ReadReceiptCodec: ContentCodec {
     public typealias T = ReadReceipt
diff --git a/XMTP.podspec b/XMTP.podspec
index f3cdfae0..da7a1088 100644
--- a/XMTP.podspec
+++ b/XMTP.podspec
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Pod::Spec.new do |spec|
   #
 
   spec.name         = "XMTP"
-  spec.version      = "0.5.6-alpha0"
+  spec.version      = "0.5.7-alpha0"
   spec.summary      = "XMTP SDK Cocoapod"
 
   # This description is used to generate tags and improve search results.