diff --git a/examples/client/getModuleList.ts b/examples/client/getModuleList.ts
index 71822cb54..0d678ac32 100644
--- a/examples/client/getModuleList.ts
+++ b/examples/client/getModuleList.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { parseEndpoint } from '../shared/util.js';
-import { BlockHash, HexString } from '@concordium/web-sdk';
+import { BlockHash, ModuleReference } from '@concordium/web-sdk';
 import { ConcordiumGRPCNodeClient } from '@concordium/web-sdk/nodejs';
 import { credentials } from '@grpc/grpc-js';
 
@@ -54,12 +54,12 @@ const client = new ConcordiumGRPCNodeClient(
         cli.flags.block === undefined
             ? undefined
             : BlockHash.fromHexString(cli.flags.block);
-    const moduleRefs: AsyncIterable<HexString> =
+    const moduleRefs: AsyncIterable<ModuleReference.Type> =
         client.getModuleList(blockHash);
     // #endregion documentation-snippet
 
     // Prints module references
     for await (const moduleRef of moduleRefs) {
-        console.log(moduleRef);
+        console.log(ModuleReference.toHexString(moduleRef));
     }
 })();
diff --git a/packages/sdk/src/types/ModuleReference.ts b/packages/sdk/src/types/ModuleReference.ts
index a69f38948..732998a32 100644
--- a/packages/sdk/src/types/ModuleReference.ts
+++ b/packages/sdk/src/types/ModuleReference.ts
@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ export function fromHexString(moduleRef: HexString) {
     );
 }
 
+/**
+ * Get the module reference bytes encoded as hex.
+ * @param {ModuleReference} moduleReference The module reference.
+ * @returns {HexString} String with hex encoding.
+ */
+export function toHexString(moduleReference: ModuleReference): HexString {
+    return moduleReference.moduleRef;
+}
+
 /**
  * Convert module reference from its protobuf encoding.
  * @param {Proto.ModuleRef} moduleReference The module reference in protobuf.