diff --git a/base/src/expressions/lexer/mod.rs b/base/src/expressions/lexer/mod.rs
index f377542..e868f36 100644
--- a/base/src/expressions/lexer/mod.rs
+++ b/base/src/expressions/lexer/mod.rs
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@
 //! assert!(matches!(lexer.next_token(), TokenType::Reference { .. }));
 //! ```
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use crate::expressions::token::{OpCompare, OpProduct, OpSum};
 
 use crate::language::Language;
@@ -59,7 +61,7 @@ mod test;
 mod ranges;
 mod structured_references;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct LexerError {
     pub position: usize,
     pub message: String,
diff --git a/base/src/expressions/lexer/util.rs b/base/src/expressions/lexer/util.rs
index 9942936..273079b 100644
--- a/base/src/expressions/lexer/util.rs
+++ b/base/src/expressions/lexer/util.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 use crate::expressions::token;
 use crate::language::get_language;
 use crate::locale::get_locale;
@@ -7,7 +9,7 @@ use crate::locale::get_locale;
 use super::{Lexer, LexerMode};
 
 /// A MarkedToken is a token together with its position on a formula
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub struct MarkedToken {
     pub token: token::TokenType,
     pub start: i32,
diff --git a/base/src/expressions/mod.rs b/base/src/expressions/mod.rs
index 35f9756..83f10f4 100644
--- a/base/src/expressions/mod.rs
+++ b/base/src/expressions/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 // public modules
 pub mod lexer;
 pub mod parser;
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod test_tokens_serde;
 pub mod token;
 pub mod types;
 pub mod utils;
diff --git a/base/src/expressions/test_tokens_serde.rs b/base/src/expressions/test_tokens_serde.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8f2e566
--- /dev/null
+++ b/base/src/expressions/test_tokens_serde.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#![allow(clippy::unwrap_used)]
+
+use super::lexer::util::{get_tokens, MarkedToken};
+
+#[test]
+fn test_simple_formula() {
+    let formula = "123+23";
+    let tokens = get_tokens(formula);
+    let tokens_str = serde_json::to_string(&tokens).unwrap();
+    let tokens_json: Vec<MarkedToken> = serde_json::from_str(&tokens_str).unwrap();
+    assert_eq!(tokens_json.len(), 3);
+}
diff --git a/base/src/expressions/token.rs b/base/src/expressions/token.rs
index 8f47f36..d261fd2 100644
--- a/base/src/expressions/token.rs
+++ b/base/src/expressions/token.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
 use std::fmt;
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use serde_repr::{Deserialize_repr, Serialize_repr};
 
 use crate::language::Language;
 
 use super::{lexer::LexerError, types::ParsedReference};
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum OpCompare {
     LessThan,
     GreaterThan,
@@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for OpUnary {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum OpSum {
     Add,
     Minus,
@@ -59,7 +60,7 @@ impl fmt::Display for OpSum {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Eq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum OpProduct {
     Times,
     Divide,
@@ -200,7 +201,7 @@ pub fn is_english_error_string(name: &str) -> bool {
     names.iter().any(|e| *e == name)
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum TableSpecifier {
     All,
     Data,
@@ -209,13 +210,13 @@ pub enum TableSpecifier {
     Totals,
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum TableReference {
     ColumnReference(String),
     RangeReference((String, String)),
 }
 
-#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone)]
+#[derive(Debug, PartialEq, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 pub enum TokenType {
     Illegal(LexerError),
     EOF,