diff --git a/nucypher/characters/lawful.py b/nucypher/characters/lawful.py
index 8b6399c3a..23ce37d69 100644
--- a/nucypher/characters/lawful.py
+++ b/nucypher/characters/lawful.py
@@ -181,6 +181,11 @@ class Alice(Character, BlockchainPolicyAuthor):
         self.active_policies = dict()
         self.revocation_kits = dict()
 
+    def get_card(self) -> 'Card':
+        from nucypher.policy.collections import Card
+        card = Card.from_character(self)
+        return card
+
     def add_active_policy(self, active_policy):
         """
         Adds a Policy object that is active on the NuCypher network to Alice's
diff --git a/nucypher/policy/collections.py b/nucypher/policy/collections.py
index 3ca6f405d..224d2dbb8 100644
--- a/nucypher/policy/collections.py
+++ b/nucypher/policy/collections.py
@@ -450,8 +450,14 @@ class Card:
         return cls.from_bytes(base64.urlsafe_b64decode(b64data))
 
     def to_qr_code(self):
+        import qrcode
         from qrcode.main import QRCode
-        qr = QRCode()
+        qr = QRCode(
+            version=1,
+            box_size=1,
+            border=4,  # min spec is 4
+            error_correction=qrcode.constants.ERROR_CORRECT_L,
+        )
         qr.add_data(bytes(self))
         qr.print_ascii()