diff --git a/Source/ACE.Common/ConfigManager.cs b/Source/ACE.Common/ConfigManager.cs
index de0630cf62..8e9f2e8ddd 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Common/ConfigManager.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Common/ConfigManager.cs
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ public static void Initialize(string path = @"Config.js")
 
                 var fileText = File.ReadAllText(pathToUse);
 
-                Config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MasterConfiguration>(fileText, new JsonSerializerOptions { ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip, NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString });
+                Config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MasterConfiguration>(fileText, SerializerOptions);
             }
             catch (Exception exception)
             {
@@ -72,5 +72,13 @@ public static void Initialize(string path = @"Config.js")
                 throw;
             }
         }
+
+        public static JsonSerializerOptions SerializerOptions = new JsonSerializerOptions
+        {
+            AllowTrailingCommas = true,            
+            NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString,
+            ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip,
+            WriteIndented = true
+        };
     }
 }
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Factories/StarterGearFactory.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Factories/StarterGearFactory.cs
index d248cb70af..4c2a8a2f68 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Factories/StarterGearFactory.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Factories/StarterGearFactory.cs
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 using System.IO;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
+using ACE.Common;
 using ACE.Server.Entity;
 
 using log4net;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ private static StarterGearConfiguration LoadConfigFromResource()
             {
                 var starterGearText = File.ReadAllText(starterGearFile);
 
-                config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<StarterGearConfiguration>(starterGearText, new JsonSerializerOptions { ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip, NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString });
+                config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<StarterGearConfiguration>(starterGearText, ConfigManager.SerializerOptions);
 
                 return config;
             }
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModContainer.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModContainer.cs
index 11cbd8ad9f..6aeb25ceb6 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModContainer.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModContainer.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+using ACE.Common;
+
 using log4net;
 
 using McMaster.NETCore.Plugins;
@@ -204,7 +206,7 @@ private bool TryCreateModInstance()
 
         public void SaveMetadata()
         {
-            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(Meta, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true });
+            var json = JsonSerializer.Serialize(Meta, ConfigManager.SerializerOptions);
             var info = new FileInfo(MetadataPath);
 
             if (!info.RetryWrite(json))
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModManager.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModManager.cs
index fe9316de31..45607937d5 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModManager.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Mods/ModManager.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+using ACE.Common;
 using ACE.Server.Managers;
 using ACE.Server.WorldObjects;
 
@@ -9,7 +10,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace ACE.Server.Mods
 {
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ private static bool TryLoadModContainer(string metadataPath, out ModContainer co
 
             try
             {
-                var metadata = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ModMetadata>(File.ReadAllText(metadataPath), new JsonSerializerOptions { ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip, NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString });
+                var metadata = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ModMetadata>(File.ReadAllText(metadataPath), ConfigManager.SerializerOptions);
 
                 container = new ModContainer()
                 {
diff --git a/Source/ACE.Server/Program_Setup.cs b/Source/ACE.Server/Program_Setup.cs
index a483d42851..4735d8f699 100644
--- a/Source/ACE.Server/Program_Setup.cs
+++ b/Source/ACE.Server/Program_Setup.cs
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 using System.IO.Compression;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text.Json;
-using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Threading;
 
 using ACE.Common;
@@ -38,7 +37,7 @@ private static void DoOutOfBoxSetup(string configFile)
                 }
 
                 var fileText = File.ReadAllText(configFile);
-                config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MasterConfiguration>(fileText, new JsonSerializerOptions { ReadCommentHandling = JsonCommentHandling.Skip, NumberHandling = JsonNumberHandling.AllowReadingFromString });
+                config = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<MasterConfiguration>(fileText, ConfigManager.SerializerOptions);
             }
 
             Console.WriteLine("Performing setup for ACEmulator...");
@@ -260,7 +259,7 @@ private static void DoOutOfBoxSetup(string configFile)
 
             Console.WriteLine("commiting configuration to disk...");
 
-            var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(config, new JsonSerializerOptions { WriteIndented = true });
+            var jsonString = JsonSerializer.Serialize(config, ConfigManager.SerializerOptions);
             File.WriteAllText(configFile, jsonString);