diff --git a/src/main/jastadd/Backend.jadd b/src/main/jastadd/Backend.jadd
index 5cecbc2580fb3a439baf76412f8b8a154eea8101..87e74b97f14952b4a7abe3492ca498a1b4642b2c 100644
--- a/src/main/jastadd/Backend.jadd
+++ b/src/main/jastadd/Backend.jadd
@@ -1202,7 +1202,9 @@ aspect Serializer {
     sb.append(ind(3) + "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper mapper = new com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper();\n");
     sb.append(ind(3) + "com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonFactory factory = mapper.getFactory();\n");
     sb.append(ind(3) + "com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser parser = factory.createParser(file);\n");
-    sb.append(ind(3) + "return deserialize((com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode)mapper.readTree(parser));\n");
+    sb.append(ind(3) + getID() + " result = deserialize((com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode)mapper.readTree(parser));\n");
+    sb.append(ind(3) + "result.resolveAll();\n");
+    sb.append(ind(3) + "return result;\n");
     sb.append(ind(2) + "} catch (java.io.IOException e) {\n");
     sb.append(ind(3) + "throw new DeserializationException(\"unable to deserialize \" + file.getAbsolutePath(), e);\n");
     sb.append(ind(2) + "}\n");