diff --git a/dataforge-meta-io/build.gradle b/dataforge-meta-io/build.gradle
index 26c0493d..00ecb138 100644
--- a/dataforge-meta-io/build.gradle
+++ b/dataforge-meta-io/build.gradle
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 plugins {
     id 'kotlin-multiplatform'
-    id 'kotlinx-serialization'
+    //id 'kotlinx-serialization'
 }
 repositories {
     maven { url = 'http://dl.bintray.com/kotlin/kotlin-eap' }
@@ -19,27 +19,41 @@ kotlin {
         commonMain {
             dependencies {
                 api project(":dataforge-meta")
-                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect'
-                implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime-common:$serialization_version"
+                //implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-reflect'
+                //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime-common:$serialization_version"
                 implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-io:$kotlinx_io_version"
             }
         }
-        commonTest {}
+        commonTest {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-common'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-annotations-common'
+            }
+        }
         jvmMain {
             dependencies {
                 implementation 'com.github.cliftonlabs:json-simple:3.0.2'
-                implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime:$serialization_version"
+                //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime:$serialization_version"
                 implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-io-jvm:$kotlinx_io_version"
             }
         }
-        jvmTest {}
+        jvmTest {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit'
+            }
+        }
         jsMain {
             dependencies {
-                implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime-js:$serialization_version"
+                //implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-serialization-runtime-js:$serialization_version"
                 implementation "org.jetbrains.kotlinx:kotlinx-io-js:$kotlinx_io_version"
             }
         }
-        jsTest {}
+        jsTest {
+            dependencies {
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-js'
+            }
+        }
 //        iosMain {
 //        }
 //        iosTest {
diff --git a/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormat.kt b/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormat.kt
index 0f0a662d..7fd73460 100644
--- a/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormat.kt
+++ b/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormat.kt
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
 package hep.dataforge.meta.io
 
 import hep.dataforge.meta.*
-import kotlinx.io.core.Input
-import kotlinx.io.core.Output
-import kotlinx.io.core.readText
-import kotlinx.io.core.writeText
+import kotlinx.io.core.*
 
 /**
  * A format for meta serialization
@@ -13,8 +10,18 @@ interface MetaFormat {
     val name: String
     val key: Short
 
-    suspend fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output)
-    suspend fun read(input: Input): Meta
+    fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output)
+    fun read(input: Input): Meta
+}
+
+fun MetaFormat.stringify(meta: Meta): String {
+    val builder = BytePacketBuilder()
+    write(meta,builder)
+    return builder.build().readText()
+}
+
+fun MetaFormat.parse(str: String): Meta{
+    return read(ByteReadPacket(str.toByteArray()))
 }
 
 ///**
@@ -34,20 +41,20 @@ object JSONMetaFormat : MetaFormat {
     override val name: String = "json"
     override val key: Short = 0x4a53//"JS"
 
-    override suspend fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output) = writeJson(meta, out)
-    override suspend fun read(input: Input): Meta = readJson(input)
+    override fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output) = writeJson(meta, out)
+    override fun read(input: Input): Meta = readJson(input)
 }
 
 object BinaryMetaFormat : MetaFormat {
     override val name: String = "bin"
     override val key: Short = 0x4249//BI
 
-    override suspend fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output) {
+    override fun write(meta: Meta, out: Output) {
         out.writeMeta(meta)
     }
 
-    override suspend fun read(input: Input): Meta {
-        TODO("not implemented") //To change body of created functions use File | Settings | File Templates.
+    override fun read(input: Input): Meta {
+        return (input.readMetaItem() as MetaItem.SingleNodeItem).node
     }
 
     private fun Output.writeChar(char: Char) = writeByte(char.toByte())
@@ -155,7 +162,7 @@ object BinaryMetaFormat : MetaFormat {
                     (1..length).forEach { _ ->
                         val name = readString()
                         val item = readMetaItem()
-                        set(name,item)
+                        set(name, item)
                     }
                 }
                 MetaItem.SingleNodeItem(meta)
diff --git a/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/Serializers.kt b/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/Serializers.kt
deleted file mode 100644
index d1811a72..00000000
--- a/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonMain/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/Serializers.kt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,128 +0,0 @@
-package hep.dataforge.meta.io
-
-import hep.dataforge.meta.*
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.*
-
-
-/*Direct JSON serialization*/
-
-//fun Value.toJson(): JsonElement = if (isList()) {
-//    JsonArray(list.map { it.toJson() })
-//} else {
-//    when (type) {
-//        ValueType.NUMBER -> JsonPrimitive(number)
-//        ValueType.STRING -> JsonPrimitive(string)
-//        ValueType.BOOLEAN -> JsonPrimitive(boolean)
-//        ValueType.NULL -> JsonNull
-//    }
-//}
-//
-//fun Meta.toJSON(): JsonObject {
-//    val map = this.items.mapValues { (_, value) ->
-//        when (value) {
-//            is MetaItem.ValueItem -> value.value.toJson()
-//            is MetaItem.SingleNodeItem -> value.node.toJSON()
-//            is MetaItem.MultiNodeItem -> JsonArray(value.nodes.map { it.toJSON() })
-//        }
-//    }
-//    return JsonObject(map)
-//}
-//
-//fun JsonPrimitive.toValue(): Value {
-//    return when (this) {
-//        is JsonLiteral -> LazyParsedValue(content)
-//        is JsonNull -> Null
-//    }
-//}
-//
-//fun JsonObject.toMeta(): Meta {
-//    return buildMeta {
-//        this@toMeta.forEach { (key, value) ->
-//            when (value) {
-//                is JsonPrimitive -> set(key, value.toValue())
-//                is JsonObject -> set(key, value.toMeta())
-//                is JsonArray -> if (value.all { it is JsonPrimitive }) {
-//                    set(key, ListValue(value.map { (it as JsonPrimitive).toValue() }))
-//                } else {
-//                    set(
-//                            key,
-//                            value.map {
-//                                if (it is JsonObject) {
-//                                    it.toMeta()
-//                                } else {
-//                                    buildMeta { "@value" to it.primitive.toValue() }
-//                                }
-//                            }
-//                    )
-//                }
-//            }
-//        }
-//    }
-//}
-
-/*Direct CBOR serialization*/
-
-//fun Meta.toBinary(out: OutputStream) {
-//    fun CBOR.CBOREncoder.encodeChar(char: Char) {
-//        encodeNumber(char.toByte().toLong())
-//    }
-//
-//
-//    fun CBOR.CBOREncoder.encodeMeta(meta: Meta) {
-//        meta.items.forEach { (key, item) ->
-//            this.startMap()
-//            encodeString(key)
-//            when (item) {
-//                is MetaItem.ValueItem -> {
-//                    encodeChar('V')
-//                    encodeValue(item.value)
-//                }
-//                is MetaItem.SingleNodeItem -> {
-//                    startArray()
-//                    encodeMeta(item.node)
-//                }
-//                is MetaItem.MultiNodeItem -> {
-//                    startArray()
-//                    item.nodes.forEach {
-//                        encodeMeta(it)
-//                    }
-//                    end()
-//                }
-//            }
-//        }
-//    }
-//
-//
-//    CBOR.CBOREncoder(out).apply {
-//        encodeMeta(this@toBinary)
-//    }
-//}
-//
-//fun InputStream.readBinaryMeta(): Meta {
-//    fun CBOR.CBORDecoder.nextChar(): Char = nextNumber().toByte().toChar()
-//
-//    fun CBOR.CBORDecoder.nextValue(): Value {
-//        val key = nextChar()
-//        return when(key){
-//            'L' -> {
-//                val size = startArray()
-//                val res = (0 until size).map { nextValue() }
-//                end()
-//                ListValue(res)
-//            }
-//            'S' -> StringValue(nextString())
-//            'N' -> Null
-//            '+' -> True
-//            '-' -> False
-//            'i' -> NumberValue(nextNumber())
-//            'f' -> NumberValue(nextFloat())
-//            'd' -> NumberValue(nextDouble())
-//            else -> error("Unknown binary key: $key")
-//        }
-//    }
-//
-//    fun CBOR.CBORDecoder.nextMeta(): Meta{
-//
-//    }
-//
-//}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonTest/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormatTest.kt b/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonTest/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormatTest.kt
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1a4e9060
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dataforge-meta-io/src/commonTest/kotlin/hep/dataforge/meta/io/MetaFormatTest.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+package hep.dataforge.meta.io
+
+import hep.dataforge.meta.buildMeta
+import kotlin.test.Test
+import kotlin.test.assertEquals
+
+class MetaFormatTest{
+    @Test
+    fun testBinaryMetaFormat(){
+        val meta = buildMeta {
+            "a" to 22
+            "node" to {
+                "b" to "DDD"
+                "c" to 11.1
+            }
+        }
+        val string = BinaryMetaFormat.stringify(meta)
+        val result = BinaryMetaFormat.parse(string)
+        assertEquals(meta,result)
+    }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dataforge-meta/build.gradle b/dataforge-meta/build.gradle
index bba6b93b..f37628a2 100644
--- a/dataforge-meta/build.gradle
+++ b/dataforge-meta/build.gradle
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ kotlin {
         }
         commonTest {
             dependencies {
-                api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-common'
-                api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-annotations-common'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-common'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-annotations-common'
             }
         }
         jvmMain {
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ kotlin {
         }
         jvmTest {
             dependencies {
-                api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test'
-                api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-junit'
             }
         }
         jsMain {
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ kotlin {
         }
         jsTest {
             dependencies {
-                api 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-js'
+                implementation 'org.jetbrains.kotlin:kotlin-test-js'
             }
         }
 //        iosMain {