diff --git a/Engine.Serialization/Converters/InstanceConverter.cs b/Engine.Serialization/Converters/InstanceConverter.cs
index d7ae718..3ca4c72 100644
--- a/Engine.Serialization/Converters/InstanceConverter.cs
+++ b/Engine.Serialization/Converters/InstanceConverter.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ public class InstanceConverter : IEngineTypeYamlConverter
 
         foreach (PropertyInfo propertyInfo in typeData.Properties)
         {
-            if (propertyInfo.GetCustomAttribute<IgnoreSerializationAttribute>() is not null)
+            if (propertyInfo.HasAttribute<IgnoreSerializationAttribute>())
                 continue;
 
             emitter.Emit(new Scalar(propertyInfo.Name));
@@ -78,11 +78,11 @@ public class InstanceConverter : IEngineTypeYamlConverter
 
         foreach (FieldInfo fieldInfo in typeData.Fields)
         {
-            if (fieldInfo.GetCustomAttribute<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute>() is not null)
+            if (fieldInfo.HasAttribute<System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute>())
                 continue;
 
-            // if (fieldInfo.GetCustomAttribute<SerializeAttribute>() is null)
-            //     continue;
+            if (!fieldInfo.HasAttribute<SerializeAttribute>())
+                continue;
 
             emitter.Emit(new Scalar(fieldInfo.Name));
             object? fieldValue = fieldInfo.GetValue(value);
diff --git a/Engine.Serialization/Engine.Serialization.csproj b/Engine.Serialization/Engine.Serialization.csproj
index 2b48ab1..c549648 100644
--- a/Engine.Serialization/Engine.Serialization.csproj
+++ b/Engine.Serialization/Engine.Serialization.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <ProjectReference Include="..\Engine.Core\Engine.Core.csproj" />
-    <ProjectReference Include="..\..\YamlDotNet\YamlDotNet\YamlDotNet.csproj" />
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\YamlDotNet\YamlDotNet\YamlDotNet.csproj" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/Engine.Serialization/Utils.cs b/Engine.Serialization/Utils.cs
index 731dbb8..4126f0f 100644
--- a/Engine.Serialization/Utils.cs
+++ b/Engine.Serialization/Utils.cs
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ namespace Syntriax.Engine.Serialization;
 
 internal static class Utils
 {
+    internal static bool HasAttribute<T>(this MemberInfo memberInfo) where T : Attribute => memberInfo.GetCustomAttribute<T>() is not null;
     internal static bool IsEnumerable(this Type type) => typeof(System.Collections.IEnumerable).IsAssignableFrom(type) && type != typeof(string);
 
     internal static TypeData GetTypeData(this Type objectType)