diff --git a/Zutil.iml b/Zutil.iml
index 323bdf0..789635f 100644
--- a/Zutil.iml
+++ b/Zutil.iml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
     </content>
     <orderEntry type="inheritedJdk" />
     <orderEntry type="sourceFolder" forTests="false" />
-    <orderEntry type="library" name="libs" level="project" />
     <orderEntry type="module-library" scope="TEST">
       <library name="JUnit4">
         <CLASSES>
@@ -20,5 +19,18 @@
         <SOURCES />
       </library>
     </orderEntry>
+    <orderEntry type="module-library">
+      <library name="libs">
+        <CLASSES>
+          <root url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/libs" />
+        </CLASSES>
+        <JAVADOC />
+        <SOURCES>
+          <root url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/libs" />
+        </SOURCES>
+        <jarDirectory url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/libs" recursive="false" />
+        <jarDirectory url="file://$MODULE_DIR$/libs" recursive="false" type="SOURCES" />
+      </library>
+    </orderEntry>
   </component>
 </module>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectInputStream.java b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectInputStream.java
index fa80f3c..2418fe2 100644
--- a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectInputStream.java
+++ b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectInputStream.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ package zutil.parser.json;
 
 import sun.reflect.generics.reflectiveObjects.NotImplementedException;
 import zutil.ClassUtil;
+import zutil.log.LogUtil;
 import zutil.parser.Base64Decoder;
 import zutil.parser.DataNode;
 
@@ -38,8 +39,11 @@ import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
 
 public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, Closeable{
+    private static final Logger logger = LogUtil.getLogger();
     protected static final String MD_OBJECT_ID = "@object_id";
     protected static final String MD_CLASS = "@class";
 
@@ -89,32 +93,29 @@ public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, C
         try{
             DataNode root = parser.read();
             if(root != null){
-                return readObject(null, root);
+                return readObject(null, null, root);
             }
-        // TODO: Fix Exceptions
-        } catch (InstantiationException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-            e.printStackTrace();
-        } catch (IllegalArgumentException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
-			e.printStackTrace();
-		} finally {
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            logger.log(Level.WARNING, null, e);
+        } finally {
 			objectCache.clear();
 		}
         return null;
     }
 
-    protected Object readObject(String key, DataNode json) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException, UnsupportedDataTypeException {
+    protected Object readObject(Class<?> type, String key, DataNode json) throws IllegalAccessException, InstantiationException, ClassNotFoundException, IllegalArgumentException, UnsupportedDataTypeException, NoSuchFieldException {
         // See if the Object id is in the cache before continuing
     	if(json.getString("@object_id") != null && objectCache.containsKey(json.getInt(MD_OBJECT_ID)))
         	return objectCache.get(json.getInt(MD_OBJECT_ID));
 
         // Resolve the class
         Object obj = null;
+        // Try using explicit class
+        if(type != null){
+            obj = type.newInstance();
+        }
         // Try using metadata
-        if(json.getString(MD_CLASS) != null) {
+        else if(json.getString(MD_CLASS) != null) {
             Class<?> objClass = Class.forName(json.getString(MD_CLASS));
             obj = objClass.newInstance();
         }
@@ -123,8 +124,11 @@ public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, C
             Class<?> objClass = registeredClasses.get(key);
             obj = objClass.newInstance();
         }
-        // Unknown Class
-        else return null;
+        // Unknown class
+        else {
+            logger.warning("Unknown type for key: '"+key+"'");
+            return null;
+        }
 
         // Read all fields from the new object instance
         for(Field field : obj.getClass().getDeclaredFields()){
@@ -146,7 +150,7 @@ public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, C
     }
 
     @SuppressWarnings({ "rawtypes", "unchecked" })
-    protected Object readField(Class<?> type, String key, DataNode json) throws IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, UnsupportedDataTypeException {
+    protected Object readField(Class<?> type, String key, DataNode json) throws IllegalAccessException, ClassNotFoundException, InstantiationException, UnsupportedDataTypeException, NoSuchFieldException {
         // Field type is a primitive?
         if(type.isPrimitive() || String.class.isAssignableFrom(type)){
             return readPrimitive(type, json);
@@ -165,7 +169,7 @@ public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, C
         else if(List.class.isAssignableFrom(type)){
 			List list = (List)type.newInstance();
             for(int i=0; i<json.size(); i++){
-                list.add(readObject(key, json.get(i)));
+                list.add(readObject(null, key, json.get(i)));
             }
             return list;
         }
@@ -175,13 +179,17 @@ public class JSONObjectInputStream extends InputStream implements ObjectInput, C
                 String subKey = it.next();
                 map.put(
                 		subKey,
-                		readObject(subKey, json.get(subKey)));
+                		readObject(null, subKey, json.get(subKey)));
             }
             return map;
         }
         // Field is a new Object
         else{
-            return readObject(key, json);
+            Field field = type.getField(key);
+            if(field != null)
+                return readObject(field.getType(), key, json);
+            else
+                return readObject(null, key, json);
         }
     }
     
diff --git a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectOutputStream.java b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectOutputStream.java
index 2adaa11..68d9b62 100644
--- a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectOutputStream.java
+++ b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONObjectOutputStream.java
@@ -73,6 +73,8 @@ public class JSONObjectOutputStream extends OutputStream implements ObjectOutput
     }
 
     protected DataNode getDataNode(Object obj) throws IOException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
+        if(obj == null)
+            return null;
         DataNode root;
 
         // Check if the object is a primitive
@@ -132,7 +134,7 @@ public class JSONObjectOutputStream extends OutputStream implements ObjectOutput
     }
 
     private DataNode getPrimitiveDataNode(Class<?> type, Object value) throws UnsupportedDataTypeException, IllegalArgumentException, IllegalAccessException {
-    	DataNode node;
+    	DataNode node = null;
         if     (type == int.class ||
         		type == Integer.class ||
         		type == long.class ||
@@ -151,8 +153,9 @@ public class JSONObjectOutputStream extends OutputStream implements ObjectOutput
         	node = new DataNode(DataType.String);
         else
         	throw new UnsupportedDataTypeException("Unsupported primitive data type: "+type.getName());
-        
-    	node.set(value.toString());
+
+        if(value != null)
+    	    node.set(value.toString());
 		return node;
 	}
 
diff --git a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONWriter.java b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONWriter.java
index 2961808..aecd0a2 100644
--- a/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONWriter.java
+++ b/src/zutil/parser/json/JSONWriter.java
@@ -75,6 +75,11 @@ public class JSONWriter{
      * @param root is the root node
      */
     public void write(DataNode root){
+        if(root == null){
+            out.print("null");
+            return;
+        }
+
         boolean first = true;
         switch(root.getType()){
             // Write Map
diff --git a/test/zutil/test/JSONSerializerTest.java b/test/zutil/test/JSONSerializerTest.java
index 4f00f67..ca3a351 100644
--- a/test/zutil/test/JSONSerializerTest.java
+++ b/test/zutil/test/JSONSerializerTest.java
@@ -108,7 +108,21 @@ public class JSONSerializerTest{
 
         assertEquals( sourceObj, targetObj );
     }
-	
+
+	@Test
+	public void testSerializerWithNullFields() throws InterruptedException, IOException, ClassNotFoundException{
+		TestClass sourceObj = new TestClass();
+
+		String data = writeObjectToJson(sourceObj, false);
+		data = data.replace("\"", "'");
+		assertEquals(
+				"{'str': null, 'obj1': null, 'obj2': null, 'decimal': 0.0}",
+				data);
+
+        TestClass targetObj = sendReceiveObject(sourceObj);
+        assertEquals( sourceObj, targetObj );
+	}
+
 
 	/******************* Utility Functions ************************************/
 	
@@ -127,9 +141,13 @@ public class JSONSerializerTest{
 		return targetObj;
 	}
 
-    public static <T> String writeObjectToJson(T sourceObj) throws IOException{
+	public static <T> String writeObjectToJson(T sourceObj) throws IOException{
+		return writeObjectToJson(sourceObj, true);
+	}
+    public static <T> String writeObjectToJson(T sourceObj, boolean metadata) throws IOException{
 		StringOutputStream bout = new StringOutputStream();
 		JSONObjectOutputStream out = new JSONObjectOutputStream(bout);
+		out.enableMetaData(metadata);
 		
 		out.writeObject(sourceObj);
 		out.flush();