diff --git a/examples/shift/byte_shift.py b/examples/shift/byte_shift.py
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..fec5a12
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/shift/byte_shift.py
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+from lantern.modules import shift
+import binascii
+
+
+def shift_bytes(key: int, byte: int) -> int:
+    """Subtract byte by key"""
+    return byte - key
+
+
+ciphertext = [0xed, 0xbc, 0xcd, 0xfe]
+
+KEY = 15
+decryption = shift.decrypt(KEY, ciphertext, shift_bytes)
+print(binascii.hexlify(bytearray(decryption)))
diff --git a/lantern/modules/shift.py b/lantern/modules/shift.py
index 20407c4..b43727b 100644
--- a/lantern/modules/shift.py
+++ b/lantern/modules/shift.py
@@ -2,11 +2,17 @@
 
 import string
 
+from typing import Callable, Iterable
+
 from lantern import score
 from lantern.structures import Decryption
 
+ShiftOperator = Callable[[int, int], int]
+subtract: ShiftOperator = lambda a, b: a - b
+add: ShiftOperator = lambda a, b: a + b
+
 
-def make_shift_function(alphabet):
+def make_shift_function(alphabet, operator: ShiftOperator=subtract):
     """Construct a shift function from an alphabet.
 
     Examples:
@@ -38,14 +44,16 @@ def shift_case_sensitive(shift, symbol):
 
         case = case[0]
         index = case.index(symbol)
-        return case[(index - shift) % len(case)]
+        return case[(operator(index, shift)) % len(case)]
 
     return shift_case_sensitive
 
-shift_case_english = make_shift_function([string.ascii_uppercase, string.ascii_lowercase])
 
+shift_decrypt_case_english = make_shift_function([string.ascii_uppercase, string.ascii_lowercase], subtract)
+shift_encrypt_case_english = make_shift_function([string.ascii_uppercase, string.ascii_lowercase], add)
 
-def crack(ciphertext, *fitness_functions, min_key=0, max_key=26, shift_function=shift_case_english):
+
+def crack(ciphertext, *fitness_functions, min_key=0, max_key=26, shift_function=shift_decrypt_case_english):
     """Break ``ciphertext`` by enumerating keys between ``min_key`` and ``max_key``.
 
     Example:
@@ -74,20 +82,20 @@ def crack(ciphertext, *fitness_functions, min_key=0, max_key=26, shift_function=
 
     decryptions = []
     for key in range(min_key, max_key):
-        plaintext = decrypt(key, ciphertext, shift_function=shift_function)
+        plaintext = decrypt(key, ciphertext, shift_function)
         decryptions.append(Decryption(plaintext, key, score(plaintext, *fitness_functions)))
 
     return sorted(decryptions, reverse=True)
 
 
-def decrypt(key, ciphertext, shift_function=shift_case_english):
+def decrypt(key, ciphertext, shift_function=shift_decrypt_case_english) -> Iterable:
     """Decrypt Shift enciphered ``ciphertext`` using ``key``.
 
     Examples:
         >>> ''.join(decrypt(3, "KHOOR"))
         HELLO
 
-        >>> decrypt(15, [0xcf, 0x9e, 0xaf, 0xe0], shift_bytes)
+        >>> decrypt(15, [0xed, 0xbc, 0xcd, 0xfe], shift_bytes)
         [0xde, 0xad, 0xbe, 0xef]
 
     Args:
@@ -96,6 +104,27 @@ def decrypt(key, ciphertext, shift_function=shift_case_english):
         shift_function (function (shift, symbol)): Shift function to apply to symbols in the ciphertext
 
     Returns:
-        Decrypted ciphertext, list of plaintext symbols
+        Decrypted text
     """
     return [shift_function(key, symbol) for symbol in ciphertext]
+
+
+def encrypt(key: int, plaintext: Iterable, shift_function=shift_encrypt_case_english) -> Iterable:
+    """Encrypt ``plaintext`` with ``key`` using the shift cipher.
+
+    Examples:
+        >>> ''.join(encrypt(3, "HELLO"))
+        KHOOR
+
+        >>> encrypt(15, [0xde, 0xad, 0xbe, 0xef], shift_bytes)
+        [0xed, 0xbc, 0xcd, 0xfe]
+
+    Args:
+        key (int): The shift to use
+        plaintext (iterable): The symbols to encrypt
+        shift_function (function (shift, symbol)): Shift function to apply to symbols in the plaintext
+
+    Returns:
+        Encrypted text
+    """
+    return decrypt(key, plaintext, shift_function)
diff --git a/tests/modules/test_shift.py b/tests/modules/test_shift.py
index a5d3e80..26b0138 100644
--- a/tests/modules/test_shift.py
+++ b/tests/modules/test_shift.py
@@ -180,7 +180,13 @@ def test_multi_symbol_decryption():
     # We can solve it using this method, or by seperating the shifted letters and decrypting that.
     def shift_function(shift, symbol):
         a, b = symbol[:]
-        print(a)
         return a + chr(ord(b) - shift)
 
     assert ''.join(shift.decrypt(1, ciphertext, shift_function)) == "TEST"
+
+
+def test_encrypt():
+    """Test shift encryption"""
+    plaintext = "HELLO"
+
+    assert ''.join(shift.encrypt(3, plaintext)) == "KHOOR"