diff --git a/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/DefaultBeakerXJsonSerializer.java b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/DefaultBeakerXJsonSerializer.java
index 11f36285d4..aba8802d45 100644
--- a/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/DefaultBeakerXJsonSerializer.java
+++ b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/DefaultBeakerXJsonSerializer.java
@@ -16,9 +16,12 @@
 package com.twosigma.beakerx;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.twosigma.beakerx.jvm.serialization.BasicObjectSerializer;
 import com.twosigma.beakerx.table.TableDisplayToJson;
+import com.twosigma.beakerx.table.serializer.AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer;
+import com.twosigma.beakerx.table.serializer.TableDisplayDeSerializer;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.StringWriter;
@@ -35,6 +38,8 @@ public DefaultBeakerXJsonSerializer() {
     objectMapper.enable(WRITE_ENUMS_USING_TO_STRING);
     objectMapper.registerModule(TableDisplayToJson.tableDisplayModule());
     objectSerializer = new BasicObjectSerializer();
+    objectSerializer.addTypeDeserializer(new TableDisplayDeSerializer(objectSerializer));
+    objectSerializer.addTypeDeserializer(new AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer());
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -54,7 +59,8 @@ public String toJson(Object value) {
   @Override
   public Object fromJson(String json) {
     try {
-      return objectMapper.readValue(json, Object.class);
+      JsonNode node = objectMapper.readTree(json);
+      return objectSerializer.deserialize(node, objectMapper);
     } catch (IOException e) {
       throw new RuntimeException(e);
     }
diff --git a/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer.java b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..efd338cdd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ *  Copyright 2018 TWO SIGMA OPEN SOURCE, LLC
+ *
+ *  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ *  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ *  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *         http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ *  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ *  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ *  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ *  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ *  limitations under the License.
+ */
+package com.twosigma.beakerx.table.serializer;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import com.twosigma.beakerx.jvm.serialization.ObjectDeserializer;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+
+public class AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer implements ObjectDeserializer{
+
+    private final static Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AutotranslationDefaultDeserializer.class.getName());
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean canBeUsed(JsonNode n) {
+        // used as a last deserializer if there is no valid deserializer for processed object
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object deserialize(JsonNode n, ObjectMapper mapper) {
+        try {
+            return mapper.readValue(n.toString(), Object.class);
+        } catch (IOException e) {
+            logger.error("exception in autotranslation default deserialization", e);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/TableDisplayDeSerializer.java b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/TableDisplayDeSerializer.java
index bf50bf975b..252e6cba6a 100644
--- a/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/TableDisplayDeSerializer.java
+++ b/kernel/base/src/main/java/com/twosigma/beakerx/table/serializer/TableDisplayDeSerializer.java
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public static List<List<?>> getValues(BeakerObjectConverter parent, JsonNode n,
     List<List<?>> values = null;
     List<String> classes = null;
     if (n.has("types"))
-      classes = mapper.readValue(n.get("types").asText(), List.class);
+      classes = mapper.readValue(n.get("types").toString(), List.class);
     if (n.has("values")) {
       JsonNode nn = n.get("values");
       values = new ArrayList<List<?>>();
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public static List<List<?>> getValues(BeakerObjectConverter parent, JsonNode n,
   public static List<String> getColumns(JsonNode n, ObjectMapper mapper) throws IOException {
     List<String> columns = null;
     if (n.has("columnNames"))
-      columns = mapper.readValue(n.get("columnNames").asText(), List.class);
+      columns = mapper.readValue(n.get("columnNames").toString(), List.class);
     return columns;
   }
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ public static List<String> getColumns(JsonNode n, ObjectMapper mapper) throws IO
   public static List<String> getClasses(JsonNode n, ObjectMapper mapper) throws IOException {
     List<String> classes = null;
     if (n.has("types"))
-      classes = mapper.readValue(n.get("types").asText(), List.class);
+      classes = mapper.readValue(n.get("types").toString(), List.class);
     return classes;
   }
 
@@ -119,7 +119,7 @@ public static Pair<String, Object> getDeserializeObject(BeakerObjectConverter pa
       List<String> classes = TableDisplayDeSerializer.getClasses(n, mapper);
 
       if (n.has("subtype"))
-        subtype = mapper.readValue(n.get("subtype").asText(), String.class);
+        subtype = mapper.readValue(n.get("subtype").toString(), String.class);
 
       if (subtype != null && subtype.equals(TableDisplay.DICTIONARY_SUBTYPE)) {
         o = getValuesAsDictionary(parent, n, mapper);