diff --git a/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncSettings.cs b/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncSettings.cs
index d5661fc68..559d2181e 100644
--- a/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncSettings.cs
+++ b/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncSettings.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace uSync.BackOffice.Configuration;
 
@@ -264,6 +265,7 @@ public class uSyncSettings
 /// <summary>
 ///  uSync's folder mode - normal, root or production
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<SyncFolderMode>))]
 public enum SyncFolderMode
 {
     /// <summary>
@@ -285,6 +287,7 @@ public enum SyncFolderMode
 /// <summary>
 ///  Mode is where the processing happens - normal or background  
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<SyncProcessingMode>))]
 public enum SyncProcessingMode
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Models/HandlerActionNames.cs b/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Models/HandlerActionNames.cs
index 2282081e0..d1bc6a6de 100644
--- a/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Models/HandlerActionNames.cs
+++ b/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Models/HandlerActionNames.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace uSync.BackOffice.SyncHandlers.Models;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///  Possible actions a handler can do (stored in config)
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<HandlerActions>))]
 public enum HandlerActions
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/uSync.Core/ChangeType.cs b/uSync.Core/ChangeType.cs
index c3670e6c0..0af6c3acf 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/ChangeType.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/ChangeType.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace uSync.Core;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///  Type of change performed
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<ChangeType>))]
 public enum ChangeType : int
 {
     [EnumMember(Value = "Clean")]
diff --git a/uSync.Core/Dependency/uSyncDependency.cs b/uSync.Core/Dependency/uSyncDependency.cs
index 551606015..9123d9194 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Dependency/uSyncDependency.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Dependency/uSyncDependency.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-using Umbraco.Cms.Core;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+using Umbraco.Cms.Core;
 
 namespace uSync.Core.Dependency;
 
@@ -90,6 +92,7 @@ private static void FireUpdate(string message, int count, int total)
 /// <summary>
 ///  the match mode for the dependency (reserved)
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<DependencyMode>))]
 public enum DependencyMode
 {
     MustMatch,
diff --git a/uSync.Core/Models/uSyncChange.cs b/uSync.Core/Models/uSyncChange.cs
index 2a19f9e5d..4277171e7 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Models/uSyncChange.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Models/uSyncChange.cs
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ public static uSyncChange Warning(string path, string name, string warning)
         };
 }
 
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<ChangeDetailType>))]
 public enum ChangeDetailType
 {
     NoChange,
diff --git a/uSync.Core/Sync/SyncTreeType.cs b/uSync.Core/Sync/SyncTreeType.cs
index 0349d56ec..86f5538ef 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Sync/SyncTreeType.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Sync/SyncTreeType.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-namespace uSync.Core.Sync;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace uSync.Core.Sync;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///  The type of tree item this is.
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@
 ///  we can treat it as a 'settings' tree and show the 
 ///  menus when they are valid.
 /// </remarks>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<SyncTreeType>))]
 public enum SyncTreeType
 {
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/uSync.Core/SyncActionType.cs b/uSync.Core/SyncActionType.cs
index 81530a177..d4e70e271 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/SyncActionType.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/SyncActionType.cs
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
-namespace uSync.Core;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace uSync.Core;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///  indicates what happened to an item to cause a ghost file 
 ///  to be present. 
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<SyncActionType>))]
 public enum SyncActionType
 {
     None = 0,
diff --git a/uSync.Core/Tracking/SyncXmlTracker.cs b/uSync.Core/Tracking/SyncXmlTracker.cs
index 43a826a15..ba1bdb9c8 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Tracking/SyncXmlTracker.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Tracking/SyncXmlTracker.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Text.Json.Nodes;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Xml.Linq;
 using System.Xml.XPath;
 
@@ -414,6 +415,7 @@ public class TrackingKey
     public bool IsAttribute { get; set; }
 }
 
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<TrackingDirection>))]
 public enum TrackingDirection
 {
     TargetToSource,
diff --git a/uSync.Core/uSyncContentState.cs b/uSync.Core/uSyncContentState.cs
index d38715f2d..94b2110e0 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/uSyncContentState.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/uSyncContentState.cs
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
-namespace uSync.Core;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace uSync.Core;
 
 /// <summary>
 ///  the state we thing a culture / content item should be in.
 /// </summary>
+[JsonConverter(typeof(JsonStringEnumConverter<uSyncContentState>))]
 public enum uSyncContentState
 {
     Saved, Unpublished, Published