diff --git a/pysenti/__init__.py b/pysenti/__init__.py
index d1db1ea..1a2df67 100644
--- a/pysenti/__init__.py
+++ b/pysenti/__init__.py
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import subprocess as sp
 from typing import NamedTuple, Iterable
 
 import pkg_resources
@@ -30,3 +31,27 @@ def _cmd() -> list[str]:
     jar, data = _paths()
     return [JAVA_COMMAND, '-jar', jar, 'sentidata', data]
 
+
+def _decode_output(stdout: str | bytes) -> SentiResult:
+    """
+    Decode SentiStrength java output
+
+    :param stdout: The result that SentiStrength printed
+    :return: Parsed SentiResult
+    """
+    if isinstance(stdout, bytes):
+        stdout = stdout.decode()
+
+    return SentiResult(*[int(s) for s in stdout.strip().replace('\t', ' ').split(' ')])
+
+
+def get_senti(text: str) -> SentiResult:
+    """
+    Get sentiment score of a text
+
+    :param text:
+    :return: Sentiment result
+    """
+    return _decode_output(sp.check_output([*_cmd(), 'trinary', 'text', text.strip()]))
+
+