diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3df8e9c..f9728a1 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,3 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 crossterm = "0.27.0"
 itertools = "0.13.0"
 ratatui = "0.26.3"
+serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0"
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index d5c627a..ccdfedf 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ use std::{io, error, fs};
 use std::io::Error;
 use std::path::Path;
 use crate::CronTask;
+use serde_json;
 
 struct TableColors {
     buffer_bg: Color,
@@ -247,6 +248,10 @@ impl App {
         let text: &str = "Hello, world!!!";
         let crondata = &self.tasks;
         _ = std::fs::write(path, text);
-        _ = std::fs::write(path2, crondata);
+        let json_string = serde_json::to_string_pretty(crondata)
+            .expect("Failed to serialize crondata to JSON"); // Handles the &Vec<CronTask> to String conversion
+
+        _ = std::fs::write(path2, json_string.as_bytes()) // Writes the String as bytes
+            .expect("Failed to write crondata to file");
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/cron.rs b/src/cron.rs
index ea85f00..0b54196 100644
--- a/src/cron.rs
+++ b/src/cron.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ use ratatui::widgets::{Block, Paragraph, Row, Table};
 use crate::app::{App, CurrentTab, InputState};
 use crate::ui::render_ui;
 
-#[derive(Clone)]
+// Add these two lines for serde
+use serde::{Serialize, Deserialize};
+
+#[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)] // Add Serialize and Deserialize here
 pub struct CronTask {
     pub minute: String,
     pub hour: String,
@@ -29,4 +32,3 @@ impl CronTask {
     }
     //todo? find a way to formulate the cron task struct into a list / database vector OF cron tasks.
 }
-