diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorComponentView.hpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorComponentView.hpp
index 080cbf2c..889abc79 100644
--- a/SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorComponentView.hpp
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Editor/EditorWindow/Inspector/SHEditorComponentView.hpp
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ namespace SHADE
   {
     if (!component)
       return;
-    auto componentType = rttr::type::get(*component);
+    auto componentType = rttr::type::get<T>();
     CheckBox("##IsActive", [component]() {return component->isActive; }, [component](bool const& active) {component->isActive = active; });
     ImGui::SameLine();
     if (ImGui::CollapsingHeader(componentType.get_name().data()))
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..ee681a85
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+#include "SHpch.h"
+#include "SHSerialization.h"
+
+#include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
+
+#include "Scene/SHSceneManager.h"
+#include "Tools/SHException.h"
+
+#include "SHSerializationHelper.hpp"
+#include "Math/Transform/SHTransformComponent.h"
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  namespace SHSerialization
+  {
+    void SerializeSceneToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path)
+    {
+
+    }
+
+    std::string SerializeSceneToString()
+    {
+      YAML::Emitter out;
+      SerializeSceneToEmitter(out);
+      return std::string(out.c_str());
+    }
+
+    void SerializeSceneToEmitter(YAML::Emitter& out)
+    {
+      auto const& sceneGraph = SHSceneManager::GetCurrentSceneGraph();
+      auto root = sceneGraph.GetRoot();
+
+      SHASSERT(root != nullptr, "Root is null. Failed to serialize scene to node.");
+
+      auto const& children = root->GetChildren();
+      out << YAML::BeginDoc;
+      for (auto child : children)
+      {
+        out << YAML::BeginSeq;
+        out << SerializeEntityToNode(child);
+        out << YAML::EndSeq;
+      }
+      out << YAML::EndDoc;
+    }
+
+    std::string SerializeEntityToString()
+    {
+      return std::string();
+    }
+
+    void SerializeEntityToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path)
+    {
+    }
+
+    YAML::Node SerializeEntityToNode(SHSceneNode* sceneNode)
+    {
+      YAML::Node node;
+      if(!sceneNode)
+      {
+        node = YAML::Null;
+        return node;
+      }
+      auto eid = sceneNode->GetEntityID();
+      node["EID"] = eid;
+      node["isActive"] = sceneNode->IsActive();
+      auto const& children = sceneNode->GetChildren();
+      node["NumberOfChildren"] = children.size();
+
+      YAML::Node components;
+
+      if(const auto transform = SHComponentManager::GetComponent_s<SHTransformComponent>(eid))
+      {
+        components[rttr::type::get<SHTransformComponent>().get_name().data()] = SerializeComponentToNode(transform);
+      }
+      node["Components"] = components;
+      return node;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.h b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..aaccd065
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerialization.h
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "SH_API.h"
+#include <string>
+#include <filesystem>
+
+#include <ECS_Base/Components/SHComponent.h>
+
+namespace YAML
+{
+  class Emitter;
+  class Node;
+}
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  class SHSceneNode;
+  namespace SHSerialization
+  {
+    static void SerializeSceneToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path);
+    static std::string SerializeSceneToString();
+    static void SerializeSceneToEmitter(YAML::Emitter& out);
+
+    static std::string SerializeEntityToString();
+    static void SerializeEntityToFile(std::filesystem::path const& path);
+    static YAML::Node SerializeEntityToNode(SHSceneNode* sceneNode);
+  }
+}
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diff --git a/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..560c58dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/SHADE_Engine/src/Serialization/SHSerializationHelper.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "ECS_Base/Components/SHComponent.h"
+#include <yaml-cpp/yaml.h>
+
+#include <rttr/registration>
+
+namespace SHADE
+{
+  namespace SHSerialization
+  {
+    template <typename ComponentType,  std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of_v<SHComponent, ComponentType>, bool> = true>
+    static std::string SerializeComponentToString(ComponentType* component)
+    {
+      return std::string();
+    }
+
+    template <typename ComponentType,  std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of_v<SHComponent, ComponentType>, bool> = true>
+    static void SerializeComponentToFile(ComponentType* component, std::filesystem::path const& path)
+    {
+    }
+
+    static YAML::Node RTTRToNode(const rttr::variant& var)
+    {
+      YAML::Node node;
+      auto varType = var.get_type();
+      if(varType.is_arithmetic())
+      {
+        bool ok = false;
+        if (varType == rttr::type::get<bool>())
+            node = var.to_bool();
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<int8_t>())
+            node = var.to_int8(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<int16_t>())
+            node = var.to_int16(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<int32_t>())
+            node = var.to_int32(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<int64_t>())
+            node = var.to_int64(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<uint8_t>())
+           node = var.to_uint8(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<uint16_t>())
+            node = var.to_uint16(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<uint32_t>())
+            node = var.to_uint32(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<uint64_t>())
+            node = var.to_uint64(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<float>())
+            node = var.to_float(&ok);
+        else if (varType == rttr::type::get<double>())
+            node = var.to_double(&ok);
+        //else if (varType == rttr::type::get<char>()) //same as uint8_t
+        //    node = var.to_uint8();
+      }
+      else if (varType.is_enumeration())
+      {
+        bool ok = false;
+        auto result = var.to_string(&ok);
+        if (ok)
+        {
+          node = var.to_string();
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            ok = false;
+            auto value = var.to_uint64(&ok);
+            if (ok)
+              node = value;
+            else
+                node = YAML::Null;
+        }
+      }
+      else
+      {
+        auto properties = var.get_type().get_properties();
+        for(auto property : properties)
+        {
+          node[property.get_name().data()] = RTTRToNode(property.get_value(var));
+        }
+      }
+      return node;
+    }
+
+    template <typename ComponentType,  std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of_v<SHComponent, ComponentType>, bool> = true>
+    static YAML::Node SerializeComponentToNode(ComponentType* component)
+    {
+      YAML::Node node{};
+      if(!component)
+        return node; 
+
+      auto componentType = rttr::type::get<ComponentType>();
+      node[componentType.get_name().data()] = RTTRToNode(*component);
+
+      return node;
+    }
+  }
+}
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