diff --git a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LanguageVersions.cs b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LanguageVersions.cs
index 8a8d38b28..ce11c4913 100644
--- a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LanguageVersions.cs
+++ b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LanguageVersions.cs
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ namespace RogueLibsCore
 {
     public sealed class LanguageVersions : IXmlSerializable
     {
-        private LanguageVersions() { }
+        internal LanguageVersions() { }
         public Dictionary<string, int> Entries { get; private set; } = null!; // initialized on deserialization
 
         public void WriteXml(XmlWriter xml)
diff --git a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LocaleLanguage.cs b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LocaleLanguage.cs
index 663e5df90..0553c6c84 100644
--- a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LocaleLanguage.cs
+++ b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/LocaleLanguage.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace RogueLibsCore
     [XmlRoot("Language")]
     public sealed class LocaleLanguage : IXmlSerializable
     {
-        private LocaleLanguage() { }
+        internal LocaleLanguage() { }
         public string Id { get; private set; } = null!; // initialized on deserialization
         public int Version { get; private set; }
         public LanguageCode Code { get; internal set; }
diff --git a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/Localization.cs b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/Localization.cs
index 0bc9bc7ae..317d6fbd3 100644
--- a/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/Localization.cs
+++ b/RogueLibsCore/Names/Localization/Localization.cs
@@ -52,10 +52,12 @@ private static bool DownloadIndex()
                 WebClient web = new WebClient();
                 web.DownloadFile(url, downloadPath);
 
-                XmlSerializer ser = new XmlSerializer(typeof(LanguageVersions));
                 using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(downloadPath, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
                 using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stream))
-                    Versions = (LanguageVersions)ser.Deserialize(reader);
+                {
+                    Versions = new LanguageVersions();
+                    Versions.ReadXml(reader);
+                }
 
                 string lastAccessFile = Path.Combine(localePath, ".lastaccess");
                 File.WriteAllText(lastAccessFile, DateTime.Now.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture));
@@ -132,7 +134,6 @@ private static void UpdateLanguage(string language, string filePath, int newVers
             }
         }
 
-        private static readonly XmlSerializer languageSer = new XmlSerializer(typeof(LocaleLanguage));
         private static string localePath = null!; // initialized in Init()
 
         private static void InitializeLanguages()
@@ -185,7 +186,11 @@ public static void ReInitializeLanguages()
             {
                 using (FileStream stream = new FileStream(path, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read))
                 using (XmlReader reader = XmlReader.Create(stream))
-                    return (LocaleLanguage)languageSer.Deserialize(reader);
+                {
+                    LocaleLanguage language = new LocaleLanguage();
+                    language.ReadXml(reader);
+                    return language;
+                }
             }
             catch
             {