diff --git a/OMI Filetypes Library/Formats/GameRuleFile.cs b/OMI Filetypes Library/Formats/GameRuleFile.cs
index 7c50435..2e4676c 100644
--- a/OMI Filetypes Library/Formats/GameRuleFile.cs	
+++ b/OMI Filetypes Library/Formats/GameRuleFile.cs	
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.IO.Compression;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using OMI.Workers.GameRule;
 
 namespace OMI.Formats.GameRule
@@ -261,6 +262,7 @@ public class GameRule
 
             public string Name { get; set; } = string.Empty;
 
+            [JsonIgnore]
             public GameRule Parent { get; } = null;
             public Dictionary<string, string> Parameters { get; } = new Dictionary<string, string>();
             public List<GameRule> ChildRules { get; } = new List<GameRule>();
diff --git a/OMI Filetypes Library/OMI Filetype Library.csproj b/OMI Filetypes Library/OMI Filetype Library.csproj
index e6b286b..3d1d5c7 100644
--- a/OMI Filetypes Library/OMI Filetype Library.csproj	
+++ b/OMI Filetypes Library/OMI Filetype Library.csproj	
@@ -32,6 +32,9 @@
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
   </PropertyGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
+      <HintPath>..\..\..\..\..\.nuget\packages\newtonsoft.json\13.0.3\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Core" />
     <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
@@ -89,6 +92,9 @@
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json">
+      <Version>13.0.3</Version>
+    </PackageReference>
     <PackageReference Include="SharpZipLib">
       <Version>1.4.2</Version>
     </PackageReference>