diff --git a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
index 7bd8e11521..27f671e72e 100644
--- a/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
+++ b/src/chocolatey/infrastructure.app/configuration/ChocolateyConfiguration.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ namespace chocolatey.infrastructure.app.configuration
     /// <summary>
     ///   The chocolatey configuration.
     /// </summary>
+    [Serializable]
     public class ChocolateyConfiguration
     {
         public ChocolateyConfiguration()
@@ -190,6 +191,7 @@ private void output_tostring(StringBuilder propertyValues, IEnumerable<PropertyI
         public PinCommandConfiguration PinCommand { get; private set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class InformationCommandConfiguration
     {
         // application set variables
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ public sealed class InformationCommandConfiguration
         public bool IsInteractive { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class FeaturesConfiguration
     {
         public bool AutoUninstaller { get; set; }
@@ -210,6 +213,7 @@ public sealed class FeaturesConfiguration
 
     //todo: retrofit other command configs this way
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class ListCommandConfiguration
     {
         // list
@@ -217,6 +221,7 @@ public sealed class ListCommandConfiguration
         public bool IncludeRegistryPrograms { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class NewCommandConfiguration
     {
         public NewCommandConfiguration()
@@ -229,6 +234,7 @@ public NewCommandConfiguration()
         public IDictionary<string, string> TemplateProperties { get; private set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class SourcesCommandConfiguration
     {
         public string Name { get; set; }
@@ -237,17 +243,20 @@ public sealed class SourcesCommandConfiguration
         public string Password { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class PinCommandConfiguration
     {
         public string Name { get; set; }
         public PinCommandType Command { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class ApiKeyCommandConfiguration
     {
         public string Key { get; set; }
     }
 
+    [Serializable]
     public sealed class PushCommandConfiguration
     {
         public string Key { get; set; }