diff --git a/app/build.gradle b/app/build.gradle
index d581b1574..d6940de7f 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle
+++ b/app/build.gradle
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ plugins {
     id 'com.android.application'
     id 'kotlin-android'
     id 'kotlin-kapt'
+    id 'kotlinx-serialization'
 }
 
 android {
@@ -111,6 +112,9 @@ dependencies {
     implementation libs.square.retrofit
     implementation libs.square.retrofit.converterJackson
     implementation libs.jacksonAnnotations
+    implementation libs.kotlinx.serialization
+    implementation libs.kotlinx.datetime
+    implementation libs.kotlinx.serialization.retrofit
 
     /* Cronet and Coil */
     coreLibraryDesugaring libs.desugaring
diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index e3650b340..81dd9b027 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -5,13 +5,15 @@
 
 // Top-level build file where you can add configuration options common to all sub-projects/modules.
 buildscript {
+    ext.kotlin_version = '1.7.22'
     repositories {
         google()
         mavenCentral()
     }
     dependencies {
         classpath 'com.android.tools.build:gradle:7.4.0'
-        classpath 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:1.7.22'
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-gradle-plugin:$kotlin_version"
+        classpath "org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-serialization:$kotlin_version"
 
         // NOTE: Do not place your application dependencies here; they belong
         // in the individual module build.gradle files
diff --git a/gradle/libs.versions.toml b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
index ce6611926..43006d4b3 100644
--- a/gradle/libs.versions.toml
+++ b/gradle/libs.versions.toml
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ cronetOkHttp = "0.1.0"
 coil = "2.2.2"
 leakcanary = "2.10"
 room = "2.5.0"
+kotlinxSerialization = "1.4.1"
+kotlinxDatetime = "0.4.0"
+kotlinxRetrofit = "0.8.0"
 
 [libraries]
 androidx-appcompat = { group = "androidx.appcompat", name = "appcompat", version.ref = "appcompat" }
@@ -46,4 +49,7 @@ lifecycle-viewmodel = { group = "androidx.lifecycle", name = "lifecycle-viewmode
 lifecycle-runtime = { group = "androidx.lifecycle", name = "lifecycle-runtime-ktx", version.ref = "lifecycle" }
 lifecycle-livedata = { group = "androidx.lifecycle", name = "lifecycle-livedata-ktx", version.ref = "lifecycle" }
 room = { group = "androidx.room", name="room-runtime", version.ref = "room" }
-room-compiler = { group = "androidx.room", name = "room-compiler", version.ref = "room" }
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+room-compiler = { group = "androidx.room", name = "room-compiler", version.ref = "room" }
+kotlinx-serialization = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-serialization-json", version.ref = "kotlinxSerialization" }
+kotlinx-datetime = { group = "org.jetbrains.kotlinx", name = "kotlinx-datetime", version.ref = "kotlinxDatetime" }
+kotlinx-serialization-retrofit = { group = "com.jakewharton.retrofit", name = "retrofit2-kotlinx-serialization-converter", version.ref = "kotlinxRetrofit" }
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