diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index f3a0c6ae8..49c09f851 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # News
 
+## v0.6.5 - 2022-12-23
+
+- Minor API adjustments in preparation for releasing `BPGates.jl`.
+
 ## v0.6.4 - 2022-12-11
 
 - Move the API declarations to `QuantumInterface.jl`, a mostly namespacing package shared with `QuantumOptics.jl`.
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 431637c25..a1a5f650d 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "QuantumClifford"
 uuid = "0525e862-1e90-11e9-3e4d-1b39d7109de1"
 authors = ["Stefan Krastanov <stefan@krastanov.org>"]
-version = "0.6.4"
+version = "0.6.5"
 
 [deps]
 Combinatorics = "861a8166-3701-5b0c-9a16-15d98fcdc6aa"
diff --git a/src/misc_ops.jl b/src/misc_ops.jl
index 5688060fa..cd1b45779 100644
--- a/src/misc_ops.jl
+++ b/src/misc_ops.jl
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct SparseGate{T<:Tableau} <: AbstractCliffordOperator # TODO simplify type p
     indices::Vector{Int}
 end
 
+SparseGate(c,t::Tuple) = SparseGate(c,collect(t))
+
 function apply!(state::AbstractStabilizer, g::SparseGate; kwargs...)
     apply!(state, g.cliff, g.indices; kwargs...)
 end