diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 1704a2c..ba9ce0a 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ plugins {
     alias(libs.plugins.runtime)
     alias(libs.plugins.gitarchive.tomarkdown).apply(false)
     alias(libs.plugins.versions)
+    alias(libs.plugins.kotlin.serialization)
 }
 
 repositories {
@@ -117,7 +118,6 @@ repositories {
 dependencies {
 
 //    implementation(libs.jsoup)
-//    implementation(libs.gson)
 //    implementation(libs.csv)
 
     /* ORSL dependencies */
@@ -132,6 +132,8 @@ dependencies {
 //    implementation(libs.orsl.extension.sdf)
 
     implementation(libs.kotlinx.coroutines.core)
+    implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.core)
+    implementation(libs.kotlinx.serialization.json)
     implementation(libs.slf4j.api)
     implementation(libs.kotlin.logging)
 
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index 356e1e7..6b26b7f 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -30,14 +30,16 @@ orsl-extension-raymarching = { group = "org.openrndr.extra", name = "orsl-extens
 orsl-extension-sdf = { group = "org.openrndr.extra", name = "orsl-extension-sdf", version.ref = "orsl" }
 
 kotlinx-coroutines-core = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-coroutines-core", version = "1.9.0" }
+kotlinx-serialization-json = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-json", version = "1.7.3" }
+kotlinx-serialization-core = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-core", version = "1.7.3" }
 kotlin-logging = { group = "io.github.oshai", name = "kotlin-logging", version = "7.0.0" }
 junit = { group = "junit", name = "junit", version = "4.13.2" }
 jsoup = { group = "org.jsoup", name = "jsoup", version = "1.17.1" }
-gson = { group = "com.google.code.gson", name = "gson", version = "2.10.1" }
 csv = { group = "com.github.doyaaaaaken", name = "kotlin-csv-jvm", version = "1.9.3" }
 
 [plugins]
 kotlin-jvm = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.jvm", version.ref = "kotlin" }
+kotlin-serialization = { id = "org.jetbrains.kotlin.plugin.serialization", version.ref = "kotlin" }
 shadow = { id = "com.github.johnrengelman.shadow", version = "8.1.1" }
 runtime = { id = "org.beryx.runtime", version = "1.13.1" }
 gitarchive-tomarkdown = { id = "org.openrndr.extra.gitarchiver.tomarkdown", version.ref = "orx" }