diff --git a/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp b/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
index e63754a7..4466c7a8 100644
--- a/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Application/src/Application/SBApplication.cpp
@@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ namespace Sandbox
     SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHColliderComponent>();
     SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHTransformComponent>();
     SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHRenderable>();
+    SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHAnimatorComponent>();
     //SHComponentManager::CreateComponentSparseSet<SHCameraComponent>();
 
     SHAssetManager::Load();
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Batching/SHBatch.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Batching/SHBatch.cpp
index b30933be..297a12a6 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Batching/SHBatch.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Graphics/MiddleEnd/Batching/SHBatch.cpp
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ namespace SHADE
         boneMatrixData.insert(boneMatrixData.end(), extraMatricesToAdd, SHMatrix::Identity);
       }
 
-      // We don't have to account for missing animators or reset indices as the renderable list are not updated at this point
+      // TODO: Recompute boneindexdata if a new animator was added
     }
 
     // Update GPU Buffers
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp
index a0b961a3..2d8b272b 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp
@@ -210,6 +210,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     AddComponentToComponentNode<SHButtonComponent>(components, eid);
 
     AddComponentToComponentNode<SHTextRenderableComponent>(components, eid);
+    AddComponentToComponentNode<SHAnimatorComponent>(components, eid);
 
     node[ComponentsNode] = components;
 
@@ -266,6 +267,7 @@ namespace SHADE
     AddComponentID<SHCanvasComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
     AddComponentID<SHButtonComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
     AddComponentID<SHTextRenderableComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
+    AddComponentID<SHAnimatorComponent>(componentIDList, componentsNode);
 
     return componentIDList;
   }
@@ -348,5 +350,6 @@ namespace SHADE
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHButtonComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHTextRenderableComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
     SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHLightComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
+    SHSerializationHelper::InitializeComponentFromNode<SHAnimatorComponent>(componentsNode, eid);
   }
 }
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHYAMLConverters.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHYAMLConverters.h
index 58268b57..a30a54d3 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHYAMLConverters.h
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHYAMLConverters.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHTextRenderableComponent.h"
 #include "Graphics/MiddleEnd/TextRendering/SHFont.h"
 #include "Physics/Collision/SHCollisionTagMatrix.h"
+#include "Animation/SHAnimatorComponent.h"
 
 namespace YAML
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ namespace YAML
   struct HasYAMLConv<SHRenderable> : std::true_type {};
   template<>
   struct HasYAMLConv<SHTextRenderableComponent> : std::true_type {};
+  template<>
+  struct HasYAMLConv<SHAnimatorComponent> : std::true_type {};
 
   template<>
   struct convert<SHVec4>
@@ -386,4 +389,33 @@ namespace YAML
       return true;
     }
   };
+
+  
+  template<>
+  struct convert<SHAnimatorComponent>
+  {
+    static constexpr std::string_view RIG_YAML_TAG = "Rig";
+    static constexpr std::string_view CLIP_YAML_TAG = "Clip";
+
+    static YAML::Node encode(SHAnimatorComponent const& rhs)
+    {
+      YAML::Node node;
+      node[RIG_YAML_TAG.data()] = SHResourceManager::GetAssetID<SHRig>(rhs.GetRig()).value_or(0);
+      node[CLIP_YAML_TAG.data()] = SHResourceManager::GetAssetID<SHAnimationClip>(rhs.GetCurrentClip()).value_or(0);
+      return node;
+    }
+    static bool decode(YAML::Node const& node, SHAnimatorComponent& rhs)
+    {
+      if (node[RIG_YAML_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+      {
+        rhs.SetRig(SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHRig>(node[RIG_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>()));
+      }
+      if (node[CLIP_YAML_TAG.data()].IsDefined())
+      {
+        rhs.SetClip(SHResourceManager::LoadOrGet<SHAnimationClip>(node[CLIP_YAML_TAG.data()].as<AssetID>()));
+      }
+      return true;
+    }
+  };
+
 }