diff --git a/src/main/java/com/drtshock/playervaults/vaultmanagement/Serialization.java b/src/main/java/com/drtshock/playervaults/vaultmanagement/Serialization.java
index 10cf2b3..1ede9e5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/drtshock/playervaults/vaultmanagement/Serialization.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/drtshock/playervaults/vaultmanagement/Serialization.java
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* 
+/*
  * Copyright (C) 2013 drtshock
  *
  * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
@@ -16,24 +16,18 @@
  */
 package com.drtshock.playervaults.vaultmanagement;
 
-import java.util.ArrayList;
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Map.Entry;
-
 import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.serialization.ConfigurationSerializable;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.serialization.ConfigurationSerialization;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.Inventory;
-import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemFlag;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
-import org.bukkit.inventory.meta.ItemMeta;
 import org.json.simple.JSONArray;
 import org.json.simple.JSONObject;
 import org.json.simple.JSONValue;
 
+import java.util.*;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
 /**
  * Fancy JSON serialization mostly by evilmidget38.
  *
@@ -104,7 +98,8 @@ public class Serialization {
             if (piece.equalsIgnoreCase("null")) {
                 contents.add(null);
             } else {
-                contents.add((ItemStack) deserialize(toMap((JSONObject) JSONValue.parse(piece))));
+                ItemStack item = (ItemStack) deserialize(toMap((JSONObject) JSONValue.parse(piece)));
+                contents.add(item);
             }
         }
         ItemStack[] items = new ItemStack[contents.size()];
@@ -147,50 +142,23 @@ public class Serialization {
 
     @Deprecated
     public static Map<String, Object> recreateMap(Map<String, Object> original) {
-        Map<String, Object> map = new HashMap<>();
-        map.putAll(original);
-        return map;
+        return new HashMap<>(original);
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
+    @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked", "rawtypes"})
     public static Object deserialize(Map<String, Object> map) {
-        List<?> itemflags = null;
         for (Entry<String, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
-            if (entry.getKey().equals("meta") && entry.getValue() instanceof Map) {
-                itemflags = (List<?>) ((Map) entry.getValue()).get("ItemFlags");
-
-            }
             if (entry.getValue() instanceof Map) {
                 entry.setValue(deserialize((Map) entry.getValue()));
             } else if (entry.getValue() instanceof Iterable) {
-                List<?> templ = convertIterable((Iterable) entry.getValue());
-                if (entry.getKey().equalsIgnoreCase("itemflags")) {
-                    map.remove(entry.getKey());
-                } else {
-                    entry.setValue(templ);
-                }
+                entry.setValue(convertIterable((Iterable) entry.getValue()));
             } else if (entry.getValue() instanceof Number) {
                 entry.setValue(convertNumber((Number) entry.getValue()));
             }
         }
-        if (map.containsKey(ConfigurationSerialization.SERIALIZED_TYPE_KEY)) {
-            Object obj = ConfigurationSerialization.deserializeObject(map);
-            if (itemflags != null && obj instanceof ItemStack) {
-                ItemStack tempitem = (ItemStack) obj;
-                ItemMeta meta = tempitem.getItemMeta();
-                for (Object flag : itemflags) {
-
-                    meta.addItemFlags(ItemFlag.valueOf(flag.toString()));
-                }
-                tempitem.setItemMeta(meta);
-            }
-            return obj;
-        } else {
-            return map;
-        }
+        return map.containsKey(ConfigurationSerialization.SERIALIZED_TYPE_KEY) ? ConfigurationSerialization.deserializeObject(map) : map;
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
     private static List<?> convertIterable(Iterable<?> iterable) {
         List<Object> newList = new ArrayList<>();
         for (Object object : iterable) {
@@ -206,12 +174,11 @@ public class Serialization {
         return newList;
     }
 
-    @Deprecated
     private static Number convertNumber(Number number) {
         if (number instanceof Long) {
             Long longObj = (Long) number;
-            if (longObj.longValue() == longObj.intValue()) {
-                return new Integer(longObj.intValue());
+            if (longObj == longObj.intValue()) {
+                return longObj.intValue();
             }
         }
         return number;