diff --git a/src/Decoder.php b/src/Decoder.php
index 95504be..c4d10bd 100644
--- a/src/Decoder.php
+++ b/src/Decoder.php
@@ -40,18 +40,16 @@ public function __construct(?Resolver $dnsResolver = null, ?MacroStringDecoder $
     }
 
     /**
-     * Extract the SPF record associated to a domain.
+     * Get the raw SPF TXT record associated to a domain.
      *
      * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\DNSResolutionException in case of DNS resolution errors
      * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\MultipleSPFRecordsException if the domain has more that 1 SPF record
-     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\InvalidTermException if the SPF record contains invalid terms
-     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\InvalidMacroStringException if the SPF record contains a term with an invalid macro-string
      *
-     * @return \SPFLib\Record|null return NULL if no SPF record has been found
+     * @return string returns an empty string if no SPF TXT record has been found
      *
      * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7208#section-4.5
      */
-    public function getRecordFromDomain(string $domain): ?Record
+    public function getTXTRecordFromDomain(string $domain): string
     {
         $rawSpfRecords = [];
         $txtRecords = $this->getDNSResolver()->getTXTRecords($domain);
@@ -62,14 +60,36 @@ public function getRecordFromDomain(string $domain): ?Record
         }
         switch (count($rawSpfRecords)) {
             case 0:
-                return null;
+                return '';
             case 1:
-                return $this->getRecordFromTXT($rawSpfRecords[0]);
+                return $rawSpfRecords[0];
             default:
                 throw new Exception\MultipleSPFRecordsException($domain, $rawSpfRecords);
         }
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Extract the SPF record associated to a domain.
+     *
+     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\DNSResolutionException in case of DNS resolution errors
+     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\MultipleSPFRecordsException if the domain has more that 1 SPF record
+     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\InvalidTermException if the SPF record contains invalid terms
+     * @throws \SPFLib\Exception\InvalidMacroStringException if the SPF record contains a term with an invalid macro-string
+     *
+     * @return \SPFLib\Record|null return NULL if no SPF record has been found
+     *
+     * @see https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7208#section-4.5
+     */
+    public function getRecordFromDomain(string $domain): ?Record
+    {
+        $txtRecord = $this->getTXTRecordFromDomain($domain);
+        if ($txtRecord === '') {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        return $this->getRecordFromTXT($txtRecord);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Parse a TXT record and extract the SPF data.
      *