diff --git a/examples/example.ipynb b/examples/example.ipynb
index 681a677..f5d0160 100644
--- a/examples/example.ipynb
+++ b/examples/example.ipynb
@@ -7,11 +7,44 @@
    "source": [
     "# Showcase how optimini is used"
    ]
+  },
+  {
+   "cell_type": "code",
+   "execution_count": null,
+   "id": "1",
+   "metadata": {},
+   "outputs": [],
+   "source": [
+    "import optimini as om\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "def my_fun(params):\n",
+    "    return params[\"a\"] ** 2 + params[\"b\"] ** 2\n",
+    "\n",
+    "\n",
+    "params = {\"a\": 1, \"b\": 2}\n",
+    "res = om.minimize(my_fun, params, method=\"L-BFGS-B\")\n",
+    "res.x"
+   ]
   }
  ],
  "metadata": {
+  "kernelspec": {
+   "display_name": "optimini",
+   "language": "python",
+   "name": "python3"
+  },
   "language_info": {
-   "name": "python"
+   "codemirror_mode": {
+    "name": "ipython",
+    "version": 3
+   },
+   "file_extension": ".py",
+   "mimetype": "text/x-python",
+   "name": "python",
+   "nbconvert_exporter": "python",
+   "pygments_lexer": "ipython3",
+   "version": "3.12.11"
   }
  },
  "nbformat": 4,
diff --git a/src/optimini/__init__.py b/src/optimini/__init__.py
index e69de29..16b5779 100644
--- a/src/optimini/__init__.py
+++ b/src/optimini/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from optimini.minimize import minimize
+
+__all__ = ["minimize"]
diff --git a/src/optimini/converter.py b/src/optimini/converter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..71f2a38
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optimini/converter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import numpy as np
+
+
+class Converter:
+    """Class to convert between parameter dictionaries and numpy arrays"""
+
+    def __init__(self, params):
+        self.original = params
+
+    def flatten(self, params):
+        if isinstance(params, dict):
+            params = np.array(list(params.values()))
+        return params
+
+    def unflatten(self, x):
+        if isinstance(self.original, dict):
+            x = dict(zip(self.original.keys(), x.tolist(), strict=False))
+        return x
diff --git a/src/optimini/internal_problem.py b/src/optimini/internal_problem.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5626e03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optimini/internal_problem.py
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+class InternalProblem:
+    """Wraps a user provided function to add functionality"""
+
+    def __init__(self, fun, converter):
+        self._user_fun = fun
+        self._converter = converter
+
+    def fun(self, x):
+        params = self._converter.unflatten(x)
+        return self._user_fun(params)
diff --git a/src/optimini/minimize.py b/src/optimini/minimize.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c7237fe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/optimini/minimize.py
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+from copy import deepcopy
+
+from scipy.optimize import minimize as scipy_minimize
+
+from optimini.converter import Converter
+from optimini.internal_problem import InternalProblem
+
+
+def minimize(fun, params, method, options=None):
+    """Minimize a function using a given method"""
+    options = {} if options is None else options
+    converter = Converter(params)
+    problem = InternalProblem(fun, converter)
+    x0 = converter.flatten(params)
+    raw_res = scipy_minimize(
+        fun=problem.fun,
+        x0=x0,
+        method=method,
+        options=options,
+    )
+    res = deepcopy(raw_res)
+    res.x = converter.unflatten(res.x)
+    return res
diff --git a/tests/test_optimini.py b/tests/test_optimini.py
index e69de29..518938c 100644
--- a/tests/test_optimini.py
+++ b/tests/test_optimini.py
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+import numpy as np
+
+from optimini.minimize import minimize
+
+
+def dict_fun(params):
+    return params["a"] ** 2 + params["b"] ** 2
+
+
+def array_fun(params):
+    return params @ params
+
+
+def test_simple_minimize_with_dict_params():
+    params = {"a": 1, "b": 2}
+    res = minimize(dict_fun, params, method="L-BFGS-B")
+    assert isinstance(res.x, dict)
+    assert np.allclose(res.x["a"], 0)
+    assert np.allclose(res.x["b"], 0)
+
+
+def test_simple_minimize_with_array_params():
+    params = np.array([1, 2])
+    res = minimize(array_fun, params, method="L-BFGS-B")
+    assert isinstance(res.x, np.ndarray)
+    assert np.allclose(res.x, np.array([0, 0]))