diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index f318965a..5acc8438 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "android-tzdata",
  "iana-time-zone",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
  "winapi",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 07a9dfb5..ca1bc5ad 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ version = "0.26.0"
 doctest = true
 
 [dependencies]
-chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false, features = ["clock"] }
+chrono = { version = "0.4.19", default-features = false, features = [
+    "clock",
+    "serde",
+] }
 clipboard = { version = "0.5.0", optional = true }
 crossbeam = { version = "0.8.2", optional = true }
 crossterm = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["serde"] }
diff --git a/src/history/item.rs b/src/history/item.rs
index adc15597..55810567 100644
--- a/src/history/item.rs
+++ b/src/history/item.rs
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ pub struct HistoryItem<ExtraInfo: HistoryItemExtraInfo = IgnoreAllExtraInfo> {
     /// the exit status of the command
     pub exit_status: Option<i64>,
     /// arbitrary additional information that might be interesting
+    #[serde(deserialize_with = "Option::<ExtraInfo>::deserialize")]
     pub more_info: Option<ExtraInfo>,
 }