diff --git a/build.gradle.kts b/build.gradle.kts
index 016a350e..0ebdc138 100644
--- a/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/build.gradle.kts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ plugins {
     id("scientifik.publish") version "0.1.4" apply false
 }
 
-val dataforgeVersion by extra("0.1.3")
+val dataforgeVersion by extra("0.1.4-dev-1")
 
 val bintrayRepo by extra("dataforge")
 val githubProject by extra("dataforge-core")
diff --git a/dataforge-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/io/MetaSerializer.kt b/dataforge-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/io/MetaSerializer.kt
index e1a754eb..d72dc71d 100644
--- a/dataforge-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/io/MetaSerializer.kt
+++ b/dataforge-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/io/MetaSerializer.kt
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import hep.dataforge.meta.Config
 import hep.dataforge.meta.Meta
 import hep.dataforge.meta.toConfig
 import hep.dataforge.names.Name
+import hep.dataforge.names.NameToken
 import hep.dataforge.names.toName
 import kotlinx.serialization.*
 import kotlinx.serialization.internal.StringDescriptor
@@ -11,7 +12,7 @@ import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObjectSerializer
 
 @Serializer(Name::class)
 object NameSerializer : KSerializer<Name> {
-    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor = StringDescriptor
+    override val descriptor: SerialDescriptor = StringDescriptor.withName("Name")
 
     override fun deserialize(decoder: Decoder): Name {
         return decoder.decodeString().toName()
@@ -22,6 +23,9 @@ object NameSerializer : KSerializer<Name> {
     }
 }
 
+@Serializer(NameToken::class)
+object NameTokenSerializer: KSerializer<NameToken>
+
 /**
  * Serialized for meta
  */
diff --git a/dataforge-meta/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/names/Name.kt b/dataforge-meta/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/names/Name.kt
index 070a8f75..0531a818 100644
--- a/dataforge-meta/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/names/Name.kt
+++ b/dataforge-meta/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/names/Name.kt
@@ -139,9 +139,7 @@ fun String.toName(): Name {
  * Convert the [String] to a [Name] by simply wrapping it in a single name token without parsing.
  * The input string could contain dots and braces, but they are just escaped, not parsed.
  */
-fun String.asName(): Name {
-    return NameToken(this).asName()
-}
+fun String.asName(): Name = if(isBlank()) EmptyName else NameToken(this).asName()
 
 operator fun NameToken.plus(other: Name): Name = Name(listOf(this) + other.tokens)