diff --git a/src/main/java/com/craftaro/ultimatekits/utils/ItemSerializer.java b/src/main/java/com/craftaro/ultimatekits/utils/ItemSerializer.java
index 462a0a1..905c1eb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/craftaro/ultimatekits/utils/ItemSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/craftaro/ultimatekits/utils/ItemSerializer.java
@@ -1,97 +1,14 @@
 package com.craftaro.ultimatekits.utils;
 
-import com.craftaro.core.compatibility.ClassMapping;
-import com.craftaro.core.compatibility.MethodMapping;
-import com.craftaro.core.compatibility.ServerVersion;
+import com.craftaro.core.third_party.de.tr7zw.nbtapi.NBT;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Method;
-
 public class ItemSerializer {
-    // classes needed for reflections
-
-    private static Class<?> classNBTTagCompound;
-
-    private static Constructor<?> constructorItemStack;
-
-    // reflected methods
-
-    private static Method methodParseString;
-    private static Method methodCreateStack;
-    private static Method methodToItemStack;
-    private static Method methodTobItemStack;
-    private static Method methodTocItemStack;
-    private static Method methodSaveTagToStack;
-
-    static {
-        try {
-            Class<?> classItemStack = ClassMapping.ITEM_STACK.getClazz();
-            classNBTTagCompound = ClassMapping.NBT_TAG_COMPOUND.getClazz();
-
-            methodParseString = MethodMapping.MOJANGSON_PARSER__PARSE.getMethod(ClassMapping.MOJANGSON_PARSER.getClazz());
-
-            if (ServerVersion.isServerVersionAtLeast(ServerVersion.V1_13)) {
-                methodToItemStack = classItemStack.getMethod("a", classNBTTagCompound);
-            } else if (ServerVersion.isServerVersionAtLeast(ServerVersion.V1_11)) {
-                constructorItemStack = classItemStack.getConstructor(classNBTTagCompound);
-            } else {
-                methodCreateStack = classItemStack.getMethod("createStack", classNBTTagCompound);
-            }
-            methodTobItemStack = ClassMapping.CRAFT_ITEM_STACK.getClazz().getMethod("asBukkitCopy", classItemStack);
-
-            methodTocItemStack = MethodMapping.CB_ITEM_STACK__AS_NMS_COPY.getMethod(ClassMapping.CRAFT_ITEM_STACK.getClazz());
-            methodSaveTagToStack = MethodMapping.ITEM_STACK__SAVE.getMethod(ClassMapping.ITEM_STACK.getClazz());
-        } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
-            ex.getStackTrace();
-        }
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Deserializes a JSON String
-     *
-     * @param jsonString the JSON String to parse
-     * @return the deserialized ItemStack
-     */
     public static ItemStack deserializeItemStackFromJson(String jsonString) {
-        try {
-            Object nbtTagCompound = methodParseString.invoke(null, jsonString);
-            Object cItemStack;
-
-            if (ServerVersion.isServerVersionAtLeast(ServerVersion.V1_13)) {
-                cItemStack = methodToItemStack.invoke(null, nbtTagCompound);
-            } else if (ServerVersion.isServerVersionAtLeast(ServerVersion.V1_11)) {
-                cItemStack = constructorItemStack.newInstance(nbtTagCompound);
-            } else {
-                cItemStack = methodCreateStack.invoke(null, nbtTagCompound);
-            }
-
-            return (ItemStack) methodTobItemStack.invoke(null, cItemStack);
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        return NBT.itemStackFromNBT(NBT.parseNBT(jsonString));
     }
 
-    /**
-     * Serializes an item stack
-     *
-     * @param itemStack the ItemStack to parse
-     * @return condensed JSON String
-     */
     public static String serializeItemStackToJson(ItemStack itemStack) {
-        try {
-            Object citemStack = methodTocItemStack.invoke(null, itemStack);
-            Object nbtTagCompoundObject = classNBTTagCompound.newInstance();
-
-            methodSaveTagToStack.invoke(citemStack, nbtTagCompoundObject);
-
-            return nbtTagCompoundObject.toString();
-        } catch (Exception ex) {
-            ex.printStackTrace();
-        }
-
-        return null;
+        return NBT.itemStackToNBT(itemStack).toString();
     }
 }