diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4464b6258..24fa24269 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: performance
 Title: Assessment of Regression Models Performance
-Version: 0.12.4.15
+Version: 0.12.4.16
 Authors@R:
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
diff --git a/NAMESPACE b/NAMESPACE
index 38c0bfaec..84cd66a4e 100644
--- a/NAMESPACE
+++ b/NAMESPACE
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ S3method(as.data.frame,performance_score)
 S3method(as.data.frame,r2_bayes)
 S3method(as.data.frame,r2_loo)
 S3method(as.data.frame,r2_nakagawa)
+S3method(as.double,performance_roc)
 S3method(as.numeric,check_outliers)
-S3method(as.numeric,performance_roc)
 S3method(check_autocorrelation,default)
 S3method(check_collinearity,BFBayesFactor)
 S3method(check_collinearity,MixMod)
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index f5c702231..85cb6eba5 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -19,6 +19,11 @@
 * `r2()` and `r2_mcfadden()` now support beta-binomial (non-mixed) models from
   package *glmmTMB*.
 
+* An `as.numeric()` resp. `as.double()` method for objects of class
+  `performance_roc` was added.
+
+* Improved documentation for `performance_roc()`.
+
 ## Bug fixes
 
 * `check_outliers()` did not warn that no numeric variables were found when only
diff --git a/R/performance_roc.R b/R/performance_roc.R
index e7d0f0006..e5d4d5abe 100644
--- a/R/performance_roc.R
+++ b/R/performance_roc.R
@@ -124,15 +124,15 @@ print.performance_roc <- function(x, ...) {
 
 
 #' @export
-as.numeric.performance_roc <- function(x, ...) {
+as.double.performance_roc <- function(x, ...) {
   if (length(unique(x$Model)) == 1) {
     auc <- bayestestR::area_under_curve(x$Specificity, x$Sensitivity)
   } else {
     dat <- split(x, f = x$Model)
 
-    auc <- c()
+    auc <- numeric(length(dat))
     for (i in seq_along(dat)) {
-      auc <- c(auc, bayestestR::area_under_curve(dat[[i]]$Specificity, dat[[i]]$Sensitivity))
+      auc[i] <- bayestestR::area_under_curve(dat[[i]]$Specificity, dat[[i]]$Sensitivity)
     }
   }
   auc
diff --git a/tests/testthat/test-performance_roc.R b/tests/testthat/test-performance_roc.R
index b13670b89..4a02042fa 100644
--- a/tests/testthat/test-performance_roc.R
+++ b/tests/testthat/test-performance_roc.R
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+skip_if_not_installed("bayestestR")
+
 test_that("performance_roc", {
   skip_if_not_installed("lme4")
   m <- lme4::glmer(vs ~ mpg + (1 | gear), family = "binomial", data = mtcars)
@@ -14,6 +16,7 @@ test_that("performance_roc", {
   )
 })
 
+
 test_that("performance_roc", {
   set.seed(123)
   d <- iris[sample(1:nrow(iris), size = 50), ]
@@ -40,3 +43,23 @@ test_that("performance_roc", {
     tolerance = 1e-3
   )
 })
+
+
+test_that("performance_roc, as.numeric", {
+  data(iris)
+  set.seed(123)
+  iris$y <- rbinom(nrow(iris), size = 1, .3)
+  folds <- sample(nrow(iris), size = nrow(iris) / 8, replace = FALSE)
+  test_data <- iris[folds, ]
+  train_data <- iris[-folds, ]
+
+  model <- glm(y ~ Sepal.Length + Sepal.Width, data = train_data, family = "binomial")
+  roc <- performance_roc(model)
+  out <- as.numeric(roc)
+  expect_equal(
+    out,
+    bayestestR::area_under_curve(roc$Specificity, roc$Sensitivity),
+    tolerance = 1e-4,
+    ignore_attr = TRUE
+  )
+})