diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 37c4e9a0..9e954109 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -300,6 +300,9 @@ name = "bitflags"
 version = "2.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
 
 [[package]]
 name = "block-buffer"
@@ -468,6 +471,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itoa",
  "rustversion",
  "ryu",
+ "serde",
  "static_assertions",
 ]
 
@@ -2095,6 +2099,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "itertools",
  "lru",
  "paste",
+ "serde",
  "strum",
  "termion 4.0.2",
  "time 0.3.34",
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index f43489be..17ce1fee 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ radicle-term = { version = "0.12.0" }
 radicle-cli = { version = "0.12.1" }
 radicle-surf = { version = "0.22.0" }
 radicle-signals = { version = "0.10.0" }
-ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["all-widgets", "termion"] }
+ratatui = { version = "0.29.0", default-features = false, features = ["all-widgets", "termion", "serde"] }
 simple-logging = { version = "2.0.2" }
 serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0" }
diff --git a/src/ui/im/widget.rs b/src/ui/im/widget.rs
index 825d0659..0b36dfbf 100644
--- a/src/ui/im/widget.rs
+++ b/src/ui/im/widget.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use ratatui::text::{Line, Span, Text};
 use ratatui::widgets::{Block, BorderType, Row, Scrollbar, ScrollbarState};
 use ratatui::Frame;
 use ratatui::{layout::Constraint, widgets::Paragraph};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use termion::event::Key;
 
 use crate::ui::ext::{FooterBlock, FooterBlockType, HeaderBlock};
@@ -60,7 +61,7 @@ impl Window {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct PanesState {
     len: usize,
     focus: Option<usize>,
@@ -151,7 +152,7 @@ impl<'a> Panes<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct CompositeState {
     len: usize,
     focus: usize,
@@ -235,7 +236,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Label<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TableState {
     internal: ratatui::widgets::TableState,
 }
@@ -660,7 +661,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for Bar<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TextViewState {
     cursor: Position,
 }
@@ -879,7 +880,7 @@ impl<'a> Widget for CenteredTextView<'a> {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct TextEditState {
     pub text: String,
     pub cursor: usize,