diff --git a/src/MachinaBridge/App.config b/src/MachinaBridge/App.config
index bae5d6d..5ab1a35 100644
--- a/src/MachinaBridge/App.config
+++ b/src/MachinaBridge/App.config
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <configuration>
     <startup> 
-        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.6.1"/>
+        <supportedRuntime version="v4.0" sku=".NETFramework,Version=v4.8.1"/>
     </startup>
 </configuration>
diff --git a/src/MachinaBridge/MachinaBridge.csproj b/src/MachinaBridge/MachinaBridge.csproj
index a189424..28e7822 100644
--- a/src/MachinaBridge/MachinaBridge.csproj
+++ b/src/MachinaBridge/MachinaBridge.csproj
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     <AppDesignerFolder>Properties</AppDesignerFolder>
     <RootNamespace>MachinaBridge</RootNamespace>
     <AssemblyName>MachinaBridge</AssemblyName>
-    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.6.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
+    <TargetFrameworkVersion>v4.8.1</TargetFrameworkVersion>
     <FileAlignment>512</FileAlignment>
     <ProjectTypeGuids>{60dc8134-eba5-43b8-bcc9-bb4bc16c2548};{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}</ProjectTypeGuids>
     <WarningLevel>4</WarningLevel>
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@
       <HintPath>..\packages\System.Windows.Interactivity.WPF.2.0.20525\lib\net40\Microsoft.Expression.Interactions.dll</HintPath>
       <Private>True</Private>
     </Reference>
+    <Reference Include="Newtonsoft.Json, Version=13.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=30ad4fe6b2a6aeed, processorArchitecture=MSIL">
+      <HintPath>..\packages\Newtonsoft.Json.13.0.4\lib\net45\Newtonsoft.Json.dll</HintPath>
+    </Reference>
     <Reference Include="System" />
     <Reference Include="System.Data" />
     <Reference Include="System.Drawing" />
diff --git a/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs b/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
index d652b3c..4fef129 100644
--- a/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Resources.Designer.cs
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ namespace MachinaBridge.Properties {
     // class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
     // To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
     // with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "4.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0")]
     [global::System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute()]
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
     internal class Resources {
diff --git a/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs b/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
index cf212c1..de39397 100644
--- a/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
+++ b/src/MachinaBridge/Properties/Settings.Designer.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace MachinaBridge.Properties {
     
     
     [global::System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute()]
-    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "14.0.0.0")]
+    [global::System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("Microsoft.VisualStudio.Editors.SettingsDesigner.SettingsSingleFileGenerator", "17.14.0.0")]
     internal sealed partial class Settings : global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase {
         
         private static Settings defaultInstance = ((Settings)(global::System.Configuration.ApplicationSettingsBase.Synchronized(new Settings())));
diff --git a/src/MachinaBridge/packages.config b/src/MachinaBridge/packages.config
index 2d42ac1..6a4bc75 100644
--- a/src/MachinaBridge/packages.config
+++ b/src/MachinaBridge/packages.config
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <packages>
+  <package id="Newtonsoft.Json" version="13.0.4" targetFramework="net481" />
   <package id="System.Windows.Interactivity.WPF" version="2.0.20525" targetFramework="net461" />
   <package id="WebSocketSharp-NonPreRelease" version="1.0.0" targetFramework="net452" />
 </packages>
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