diff --git a/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithHistory.cs b/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithHistory.cs
index 17908908..6a84d2fd 100644
--- a/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithHistory.cs
+++ b/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithHistory.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,12 @@ public class ChatSessionWithHistory
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
                 Console.WriteLine("Session saved.");
             }
+            else if (userInput == "load")
+            {
+                session.LoadSession("Assets/chat-with-bob");
+                Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
+                Console.WriteLine("Session loaded.");
+            }
             else if (userInput == "regenerate")
             {
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
diff --git a/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithRestart.cs b/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithRestart.cs
index 3462c506..234bac3c 100644
--- a/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithRestart.cs
+++ b/LLama.Examples/Examples/ChatSessionWithRestart.cs
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ public class ChatSessionWithRestart
         };
 
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
-        Console.WriteLine("The chat session has started.");
+        Console.WriteLine("The chat session has started. Write `save` to save session in memory."
+            + " Write `reset` to start from the last saved checkpoint");
 
         // show the prompt
         Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Green;
@@ -48,13 +49,13 @@ public class ChatSessionWithRestart
             if(userInput == "reset")
             {
                 session.LoadSession(resetState);
-                Console.WriteLine($"History: {session.HistoryTransform.HistoryToText(session.History)}");
+                Console.WriteLine($"Reset to history:\n{session.HistoryTransform.HistoryToText(session.History)}");
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
                 Console.WriteLine("Session reset.");
             }
             else if (userInput == "save")
             {
-                session.SaveSession("Assets/chat-with-bob");
+                resetState = session.GetSessionState();
                 Console.ForegroundColor = ConsoleColor.Yellow;
                 Console.WriteLine("Session saved.");
             }
diff --git a/LLama/Abstractions/IHistoryTransform.cs b/LLama/Abstractions/IHistoryTransform.cs
index 5651343f..9644b3e1 100644
--- a/LLama/Abstractions/IHistoryTransform.cs
+++ b/LLama/Abstractions/IHistoryTransform.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 using LLama.Common;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace LLama.Abstractions
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Transform history to plain text and vice versa.
     /// </summary>
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(PolymorphicJSONConverter<IHistoryTransform>))]
     public interface IHistoryTransform
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/LLama/Abstractions/ITextStreamTransform.cs b/LLama/Abstractions/ITextStreamTransform.cs
index 2b63299d..3ebdba67 100644
--- a/LLama/Abstractions/ITextStreamTransform.cs
+++ b/LLama/Abstractions/ITextStreamTransform.cs
@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
-using System.Collections.Generic;
+using LLama.Common;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace LLama.Abstractions
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// Takes a stream of tokens and transforms them.
     /// </summary>
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(PolymorphicJSONConverter<ITextStreamTransform>))]
     public interface ITextStreamTransform
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/LLama/Abstractions/ITextTransform.cs b/LLama/Abstractions/ITextTransform.cs
index 0bfeeb7f..f6f743f9 100644
--- a/LLama/Abstractions/ITextTransform.cs
+++ b/LLama/Abstractions/ITextTransform.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
-namespace LLama.Abstractions
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+using LLama.Common;
+
+namespace LLama.Abstractions
 {
     /// <summary>
     /// An interface for text transformations.
@@ -9,6 +12,7 @@
     /// - Trimming
     /// - etc.
     /// </summary>
+    [JsonConverter(typeof(PolymorphicJSONConverter<ITextTransform>))]
     public interface ITextTransform
     {
         /// <summary>
diff --git a/LLama/ChatSession.cs b/LLama/ChatSession.cs
index b4117842..80298725 100644
--- a/LLama/ChatSession.cs
+++ b/LLama/ChatSession.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ using System.Threading;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using LLama.Abstractions;
 using LLama.Common;
-using static LLama.Common.ChatHistory;
 using static LLama.InteractiveExecutor;
 using static LLama.LLamaContext;
 using static LLama.StatefulExecutorBase;
@@ -20,9 +19,30 @@ namespace LLama;
 /// </summary>
 public class ChatSession
 {
-    private const string _modelStateFilename = "ModelState.st";
-    private const string _executorStateFilename = "ExecutorState.json";
-    private const string _hsitoryFilename = "ChatHistory.json";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized model state (KV cache, etc).
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string MODEL_STATE_FILENAME = "ModelState.st";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized executor state.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string EXECUTOR_STATE_FILENAME = "ExecutorState.json";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized chat history.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string HISTORY_STATE_FILENAME = "ChatHistory.json";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized input transform pipeline.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string INPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME = "InputTransform.json";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized output transform.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME = "OutputTransform.json";
+    /// <summary>
+    /// The filename for the serialized history transform.
+    /// </summary>
+    public const string HISTORY_TRANSFORM_FILENAME = "HistoryTransform.json";
 
     /// <summary>
     /// The executor for this session.
@@ -134,26 +154,7 @@ public class ChatSession
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"></exception>
     public void SaveSession(string path)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
-        {
-            throw new ArgumentException("Path cannot be null or whitespace", nameof(path));
-        }
-
-        if (Directory.Exists(path))
-        {
-            Directory.Delete(path, recursive: true);
-        }
-
-        Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
-
-        string modelStateFilePath = Path.Combine(path, _modelStateFilename);
-        Executor.Context.SaveState(modelStateFilePath);
-
-        string executorStateFilepath = Path.Combine(path, _executorStateFilename);
-        ((StatefulExecutorBase)Executor).SaveState(executorStateFilepath);
-
-        string historyFilepath = Path.Combine(path, _hsitoryFilename);
-        File.WriteAllText(historyFilepath, History.ToJson());
+        GetSessionState().Save(path);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -202,26 +203,14 @@ public class ChatSession
     /// <exception cref="ArgumentException"></exception>
     public void LoadSession(string path)
     {
-        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+        var state = SessionState.Load(path);
+        // Handle non-polymorphic serialization of executor state
+        if (state.ExecutorState is ExecutorBaseState)
         {
-            throw new ArgumentException("Path cannot be null or whitespace", nameof(path));
+            var executorPath = Path.Combine(path, EXECUTOR_STATE_FILENAME);
+            ((StatefulExecutorBase) Executor).LoadState(filename: executorPath); 
         }
-
-        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
-        {
-            throw new ArgumentException("Directory does not exist", nameof(path));
-        }
-
-        string modelStateFilePath = Path.Combine(path, _modelStateFilename);
-        Executor.Context.LoadState(modelStateFilePath);
-
-        string executorStateFilepath = Path.Combine(path, _executorStateFilename);
-        ((StatefulExecutorBase)Executor).LoadState(executorStateFilepath);
-
-        string historyFilepath = Path.Combine(path, _hsitoryFilename);
-        string historyJson = File.ReadAllText(historyFilepath);
-        History = ChatHistory.FromJson(historyJson)
-            ?? throw new ArgumentException("History file is invalid", nameof(path));
+        LoadSession(state);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -615,7 +604,7 @@ public record SessionState
     /// <summary>
     /// The the chat history messages for this session.
     /// </summary>
-    public Message[] History { get; set; } = Array.Empty<Message>();
+    public ChatHistory.Message[] History { get; set; } = Array.Empty<ChatHistory.Message>();
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Create a new session state.
@@ -638,4 +627,124 @@ public record SessionState
         OutputTransform = outputTransform.Clone();
         HistoryTransform = historyTransform.Clone();
     }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Save the session state to folder.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path"></param>
+    public void Save(string path)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Path cannot be null or whitespace", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        if (Directory.Exists(path))
+        {
+            Directory.Delete(path, recursive: true);
+        }
+
+        Directory.CreateDirectory(path);
+
+        string modelStateFilePath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.MODEL_STATE_FILENAME);
+        var bytes = ContextState.ToByteArray();
+        File.WriteAllBytes(modelStateFilePath, bytes);
+
+        string executorStateFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.EXECUTOR_STATE_FILENAME);
+        File.WriteAllText(executorStateFilepath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(ExecutorState));
+
+        string historyFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.HISTORY_STATE_FILENAME);
+        File.WriteAllText(historyFilepath, new ChatHistory(History).ToJson());
+
+        string inputTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.INPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        File.WriteAllText(inputTransformFilepath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(InputTransformPipeline));
+
+        string outputTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        File.WriteAllText(outputTransformFilepath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(OutputTransform));
+
+        string historyTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.HISTORY_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        File.WriteAllText(historyTransformFilepath, JsonSerializer.Serialize(HistoryTransform));
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Load the session state from folder.
+    /// </summary>
+    /// <param name="path"></param>
+    /// <returns></returns>
+    /// <exception cref="ArgumentException">Throws when session state is incorrect</exception>
+    public static SessionState Load(string path)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(path))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Path cannot be null or whitespace", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        if (!Directory.Exists(path))
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Directory does not exist", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        string modelStateFilePath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.MODEL_STATE_FILENAME);
+        var contextState = State.FromByteArray(File.ReadAllBytes(modelStateFilePath));
+
+        string executorStateFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.EXECUTOR_STATE_FILENAME);
+        var executorState = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ExecutorBaseState>(File.ReadAllText(executorStateFilepath))
+            ?? throw new ArgumentException("Executor state file is invalid", nameof(path));
+
+        string historyFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.HISTORY_STATE_FILENAME);
+        string historyJson = File.ReadAllText(historyFilepath);
+        var history = ChatHistory.FromJson(historyJson)
+            ?? throw new ArgumentException("History file is invalid", nameof(path));
+
+        string inputTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.INPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        ITextTransform[] inputTransforms;
+        try
+        {
+            inputTransforms = File.Exists(inputTransformFilepath) ? 
+                (JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ITextTransform[]>(File.ReadAllText(inputTransformFilepath))
+                ?? throw new ArgumentException("Input transform file is invalid", nameof(path)))
+                : Array.Empty<ITextTransform>();
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Input transform file is invalid", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        string outputTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.OUTPUT_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        
+        ITextStreamTransform outputTransform;
+        try
+        {
+            outputTransform = File.Exists(outputTransformFilepath) ? 
+            (JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ITextStreamTransform>(File.ReadAllText(outputTransformFilepath))
+                       ?? throw new ArgumentException("Output transform file is invalid", nameof(path)))
+            : new LLamaTransforms.EmptyTextOutputStreamTransform();
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("Output transform file is invalid", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        string historyTransformFilepath = Path.Combine(path, ChatSession.HISTORY_TRANSFORM_FILENAME);
+        IHistoryTransform historyTransform;
+        try
+        {
+            historyTransform = File.Exists(historyTransformFilepath) ? 
+                (JsonSerializer.Deserialize<IHistoryTransform>(File.ReadAllText(historyTransformFilepath))
+                           ?? throw new ArgumentException("History transform file is invalid", nameof(path)))
+                : new LLamaTransforms.DefaultHistoryTransform();
+        }
+        catch (JsonException)
+        {
+            throw new ArgumentException("History transform file is invalid", nameof(path));
+        }
+
+        return new SessionState(
+            contextState,
+            executorState,
+            history,
+            inputTransforms.ToList(),
+            outputTransform,
+            historyTransform);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/LLama/Common/PolymorphicJSONConverter.cs b/LLama/Common/PolymorphicJSONConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..6cec2f27
--- /dev/null
+++ b/LLama/Common/PolymorphicJSONConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+using LLama.Abstractions;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace LLama.Common
+{
+    internal class PolymorphicJSONConverter<T> : JsonConverter<T>
+    {
+        public override T? Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.StartObject)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            reader.Read();
+            if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.PropertyName)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            string? propertyName = reader.GetString();
+            if (propertyName != "Name")
+                throw new JsonException();
+            reader.Read();
+            if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.String)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            string? name = reader.GetString() ?? throw new JsonException();
+            var inheritedTypes = Assembly.GetExecutingAssembly().GetTypes().Where(
+                t => typeof(T).IsAssignableFrom(t) && !t.IsAbstract && !t.IsInterface
+            );
+            var type = inheritedTypes.FirstOrDefault(t => t.Name == name);
+            if (type == null)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            reader.Read();
+            if (reader.TokenType != JsonTokenType.PropertyName)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            propertyName = reader.GetString();
+            if (propertyName != "Data")
+                throw new JsonException();
+            var data = JsonSerializer.Deserialize(ref reader, type, options);
+            if (data == null)
+                throw new JsonException();
+            reader.Read();
+            reader.Read();
+            return (T)data;
+        }
+
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, T value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            writer.WriteStartObject();
+            writer.WriteString("Name", value.GetType().Name);
+            writer.WritePropertyName("Data");
+            JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value, value.GetType(), options);
+            writer.WriteEndObject();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaContext.cs b/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
index d8b418c3..4a63be36 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaContext.cs
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ namespace LLama
                 memory = Marshal.ReAllocHGlobal(memory, (nint)actualSize);
 
                 // Wrap memory in a "state"
-                var state = new State(memory);
+                var state = new State(memory, actualSize);
 
                 // Set memory to zero, to prevent it being freed in finally block
                 memory = IntPtr.Zero;
@@ -384,9 +384,12 @@ namespace LLama
         public class State
             : SafeLLamaHandleBase
         {
-            internal State(IntPtr memory)
+            private ulong _size;
+
+            internal State(IntPtr memory, ulong size)
                 : base(memory, true)
             {
+                _size = size;
             }
 
             /// <inheritdoc />
@@ -395,6 +398,29 @@ namespace LLama
                 Marshal.FreeHGlobal(handle);
                 return true;
             }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Convert this state to a byte array
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <returns></returns>
+            public byte[] ToByteArray()
+            {
+                var bytes = new byte[_size];
+                Marshal.Copy(handle, bytes, 0, (int)_size);
+                return bytes;
+            }
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Load state from a byte array
+            /// </summary>
+            /// <param name="bytes"></param>
+            /// <returns></returns>
+            public static State FromByteArray(byte[] bytes)
+            {
+                var memory = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(bytes.Length);
+                Marshal.Copy(bytes, 0, memory, bytes.Length);
+                return new State(memory, (ulong)bytes.Length);
+            }
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
index ea5616b5..ec72a25a 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaExecutorBase.cs
@@ -370,6 +370,7 @@ namespace LLama
             public bool NeedToSaveSession { get; set; }
         }
 
+        [JsonConverter(typeof(PolymorphicJSONConverter<ExecutorBaseState>))]
         public class ExecutorBaseState
         {
             [JsonPropertyName("n_past")]
diff --git a/LLama/LLamaTransforms.cs b/LLama/LLamaTransforms.cs
index 1ac0a79b..d74d9dda 100644
--- a/LLama/LLamaTransforms.cs
+++ b/LLama/LLamaTransforms.cs
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ using LLama.Common;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace LLama
 {
@@ -29,6 +30,12 @@ namespace LLama
             private readonly string _unknownName;
             private readonly bool _isInstructMode;
 
+            public string UserName => _userName;
+            public string AssistantName => _assistantName;
+            public string SystemName => _systemName;
+            public string UnknownName => _unknownName;
+            public bool IsInstructMode => _isInstructMode;
+
             /// <summary>
             /// 
             /// </summary>
@@ -158,6 +165,42 @@ namespace LLama
             private readonly int _maxKeywordLength;
             private readonly bool _removeAllMatchedTokens;
 
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Keywords that you want to remove from the response.
+            /// This property is used for JSON serialization.
+            /// </summary>
+            [JsonPropertyName("keywords")]
+            public HashSet<string> Keywords => _keywords;
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// Maximum length of the keywords.
+            /// This property is used for JSON serialization.
+            /// </summary>
+            [JsonPropertyName("maxKeywordLength")]
+            public int MaxKeywordLength => _maxKeywordLength;
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// If set to true, when getting a matched keyword, all the related tokens will be removed. 
+            /// Otherwise only the part of keyword will be removed.
+            /// This property is used for JSON serialization.
+            /// </summary>
+            [JsonPropertyName("removeAllMatchedTokens")]
+            public bool RemoveAllMatchedTokens => _removeAllMatchedTokens;
+
+            /// <summary>
+            /// JSON constructor.
+            /// </summary>
+            [JsonConstructor]
+            public KeywordTextOutputStreamTransform(
+                HashSet<string> keywords,
+                int maxKeywordLength,
+                bool removeAllMatchedTokens)
+            {
+                _keywords = new(keywords);
+                _maxKeywordLength = maxKeywordLength;
+                _removeAllMatchedTokens = removeAllMatchedTokens;
+            }
+
             /// <summary>
             /// 
             /// </summary>