diff --git a/classes.php b/classes.php
index b0b2770..0542aa0 100644
--- a/classes.php
+++ b/classes.php
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ class ActionSerialize extends AbstractAction
 
     public function decode()
     {
-        return serialize( $this->value );
+        return serialize( json_decode( $this->value ) );
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/index.php b/index.php
index e500544..f9331af 100644
--- a/index.php
+++ b/index.php
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ if( 'POST' === $_SERVER['REQUEST_METHOD'] ) {
                 <option value="QuotedPrintableEncode" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'QuotedPrintableEncode'); ?>>quoted_printable_encode()</option>
                 <option value="Urlencode" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Urlencode'); ?>>urlencode()</option>
                 <option value="Urldecode" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Urldecode'); ?>>urldecode()</option>
-                <option value="Serialize" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Serialize'); ?>>serialize()</option>
+                <option value="Serialize" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Serialize'); ?>>serialize($json)</option>
                 <option value="Unserialize" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Unserialize'); ?>>unserialize()</option>
                 <option value="Base64Decode" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Base64Decode'); ?>>base64_decode()</option>
                 <option value="Base64Encode" <?php echo selected($action_str, 'Base64Encode'); ?>>base64_encode()</option>