diff --git a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/BsonFormatter.cs b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/BsonFormatter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0b02926
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/BsonFormatter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Bson;
+using System;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
+namespace Microsoft.Iris.Debug;
+
+internal class BsonFormatter : IFormatter
+{
+    private readonly JsonSerializer _serializer;
+
+    public ISurrogateSelector SurrogateSelector { get; set; }
+
+    public SerializationBinder Binder { get; set; }
+
+    public StreamingContext Context { get; set; }
+
+    public BsonFormatter(JsonSerializerSettings settings = null) : this(new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.All), settings)
+    {
+    }
+
+    public BsonFormatter(StreamingContext context, JsonSerializerSettings settings = null)
+    {
+        Context = context;
+
+        settings ??= new()
+        {
+            ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore,
+            Converters = new JsonConverter[]
+            {
+                new BsonFallbackConverter()
+            }
+        };
+        _serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(settings);
+    }
+
+    public object Deserialize(Stream serializationStream)
+    {
+        using BsonDataReader reader = new(serializationStream)
+        {
+            CloseInput = false
+        };
+        return _serializer.Deserialize(reader);
+    }
+
+    public void Serialize(Stream serializationStream, object graph)
+    {
+        using BsonDataWriter writer = new(serializationStream);
+        _serializer.Serialize(writer, graph);
+        writer.Flush();
+    }
+}
+
+internal class BsonFallbackConverter : JsonConverter
+{
+    public override bool CanConvert(Type objectType)
+    {
+        return !objectType.Attributes.HasFlag(System.Reflection.TypeAttributes.Serializable)
+            || objectType == typeof(uint) || objectType == typeof(ulong);
+    }
+
+    public override object ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, object existingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+    {
+        if (objectType == typeof(uint))
+            return Convert.ToUInt32(existingValue);
+        else if (objectType == typeof(ulong))
+            return Convert.ToUInt64(existingValue);
+        else
+            return existingValue?.ToString();
+    }
+
+    public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, object value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+    {
+        var objectType = value?.GetType();
+        object serializedValue;
+
+        if (objectType == typeof(uint))
+            serializedValue = BitConverter.GetBytes((uint)value);
+        else if (objectType == typeof(ulong))
+            serializedValue = BitConverter.GetBytes((ulong)value);
+        else
+            serializedValue = value?.ToString();
+
+        serializer.Serialize(writer, serializedValue);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/Data/InterpreterObject.cs b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/Data/InterpreterObject.cs
index 6c3fb26..143ee60 100644
--- a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/Data/InterpreterObject.cs
+++ b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/Data/InterpreterObject.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ using System.Runtime.Serialization;
 namespace Microsoft.Iris.Debug.Data;
 
 [Serializable]
-public class InterpreterObject : ISerializable
+public class InterpreterObject
 {
     public string Name { get; set; }
 
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ public class InterpreterObject : ISerializable
 
     public int TableIndex { get; set; } = -1;
 
-    protected bool CanSerializeValue => Value is ISerializable;
-
     public InterpreterObject(string name, Type type, object value, InstructionObjectSource source, int tableIndex = -1)
     {
         Name = name;
@@ -31,29 +29,7 @@ public class InterpreterObject : ISerializable
     {
     }
 
-    protected InterpreterObject(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-    {
-        Name = info.GetString(nameof(Name));
-        Type = Type.GetType(info.GetString(nameof(Type)), false);
-        Source = (InstructionObjectSource)info.GetByte(nameof(Source));
-        TableIndex = info.GetInt32(nameof(TableIndex));
-
-        bool canSerializeValue = info.GetBoolean(nameof(CanSerializeValue));
-        Type valueSerializeType = canSerializeValue ? Type : typeof(string);
-        Value = info.GetValue(nameof(Value), valueSerializeType);
-    }
-
     public override string ToString() => $"{Type} {Value}";
-
-    public void GetObjectData(SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-    {
-        info.AddValue(nameof(Name), Name);
-        info.AddValue(nameof(Type), Type.FullName);
-        info.AddValue(nameof(Source), (byte)Source);
-        info.AddValue(nameof(TableIndex), TableIndex);
-        info.AddValue(nameof(CanSerializeValue), CanSerializeValue);
-        info.AddValue(nameof(Value), CanSerializeValue ? Value : Value?.ToString());
-    }
 }
 
 /// <summary>
diff --git a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/FallbackSerializer.cs b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/FallbackSerializer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index da1a25c..0000000
--- a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/FallbackSerializer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-using System;
-using System.Runtime.Serialization;
-
-namespace Microsoft.Iris.Debug;
-
-internal class FallbackSerializer : ISerializationSurrogate
-{
-    public void GetObjectData(object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context)
-    {
-        info.AddValue("ToString", obj?.ToString());
-    }
-
-    public object SetObjectData(object obj, SerializationInfo info, StreamingContext context, ISurrogateSelector selector)
-    {
-        return info.GetString("ToString");
-    }
-}
-
-internal class FallbackSurrogateSelector : SurrogateSelector
-{
-    public override ISerializationSurrogate GetSurrogate(Type type, StreamingContext context, out ISurrogateSelector selector)
-    {
-        selector = this;
-        
-        if (type.Attributes.HasFlag(System.Reflection.TypeAttributes.Serializable))
-            return null;
-
-        return new FallbackSerializer();
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/ZmqDebuggerServer.cs b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/ZmqDebuggerServer.cs
index de44975..cfe2443 100644
--- a/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/ZmqDebuggerServer.cs
+++ b/UIX/Microsoft/Iris/Debug/ZmqDebuggerServer.cs
@@ -55,5 +55,5 @@ internal class ZmqDebuggerServer : IDebuggerServer, IDisposable
         _pubSocket.SendMultipartBytes(_messageFrame);
     }
 
-    internal static IFormatter CreateFormatter() => new BinaryFormatter(new FallbackSurrogateSelector(), new(StreamingContextStates.Remoting));
+    internal static IFormatter CreateFormatter() => new BsonFormatter(new StreamingContext(StreamingContextStates.Remoting));
 }
diff --git a/UIX/UIX.csproj b/UIX/UIX.csproj
index 1ae1524..fd36702 100644
--- a/UIX/UIX.csproj
+++ b/UIX/UIX.csproj
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@
 
     <ItemGroup>
         <ProjectReference Include="..\UIX.RenderApi\UIX.RenderApi.csproj" />
-		<PackageReference Include="NetMQ" Version="4.0.1.12" />
+        <PackageReference Include="NetMQ" Version="4.0.1.12" />
+        <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
+		<PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json.Bson" Version="1.0.2" />
     </ItemGroup>
 
     <ItemGroup Condition=" $(TargetFramework.StartsWith('net4')) ">