diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4552f85..c5bccfb 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ checksum = "baf1de4339761588bc0619e3cbc0120ee582ebb74b53b4efbf79117bd2da40fd"
 name = "chorus"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "serde",
  "thiserror",
  "tokio",
 ]
@@ -214,6 +215,26 @@ version = "1.2.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "94143f37725109f92c262ed2cf5e59bce7498c01bcc1502d7b9afe439a4e9f49"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde"
+version = "1.0.190"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "91d3c334ca1ee894a2c6f6ad698fe8c435b76d504b13d436f0685d648d6d96f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde_derive",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_derive"
+version = "1.0.190"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "67c5609f394e5c2bd7fc51efda478004ea80ef42fee983d5c67a65e34f32c0e3"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "signal-hook-registry"
 version = "1.4.1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 9585ccb..0470b8b 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@ repository = "https://github.com/mikedilger/chorus"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 thiserror = "1.0"
 tokio = { version = "1", features = [ "full" ] }