diff --git a/archinstall/lib/args.py b/archinstall/lib/args.py
index ddca87fd18..086a239972 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/args.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/args.py
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class ArchConfig:
 	services: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 	custom_commands: list[str] = field(default_factory=list)
 
-	def unsafe_json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+	def unsafe_config(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 		config: dict[str, list[UserSerialization] | str | None] = {}
 
 		if self.auth_config:
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ def unsafe_json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 
 		return config
 
-	def safe_json(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
+	def safe_config(self) -> dict[str, Any]:
 		config: Any = {
 			'version': self.version,
 			'script': self.script,
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/configuration.py b/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
index 1b5f93b0a7..9dfdd2e628 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/configuration.py
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 import readline
 import stat
 from pathlib import Path
+from typing import Any
+
+from pydantic import TypeAdapter
 
 from archinstall.lib.menu.helpers import Confirmation, Selection
 from archinstall.lib.translationhandler import tr
@@ -10,7 +13,6 @@
 
 from .args import ArchConfig
 from .crypt import encrypt
-from .general import JSON, UNSAFE_JSON
 from .output import debug, logger, warn
 from .utils.util import get_password, prompt_dir
 
@@ -40,12 +42,18 @@ def user_credentials_file(self) -> Path:
 		return self._user_creds_file
 
 	def user_config_to_json(self) -> str:
-		out = self._config.safe_json()
-		return json.dumps(out, indent=4, sort_keys=True, cls=JSON)
+		config = self._config.safe_config()
+
+		adapter = TypeAdapter(dict[str, Any])
+		python_dict = adapter.dump_python(config)
+		return json.dumps(python_dict, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
 
 	def user_credentials_to_json(self) -> str:
-		out = self._config.unsafe_json()
-		return json.dumps(out, indent=4, sort_keys=True, cls=UNSAFE_JSON)
+		config = self._config.unsafe_config()
+
+		adapter = TypeAdapter(dict[str, Any])
+		python_dict = adapter.dump_python(config)
+		return json.dumps(python_dict, indent=4, sort_keys=True)
 
 	def write_debug(self) -> None:
 		debug(' -- Chosen configuration --')
diff --git a/archinstall/lib/general.py b/archinstall/lib/general.py
index 1565149710..681012a05a 100644
--- a/archinstall/lib/general.py
+++ b/archinstall/lib/general.py
@@ -1,9 +1,5 @@
-import json
-from datetime import date, datetime
-from enum import Enum
 from functools import lru_cache
 from pathlib import Path
-from typing import Any, override
 
 from archinstall.lib.packages.packages import check_package_upgrade
 
@@ -35,55 +31,3 @@ def running_from_host() -> bool:
 	"""
 	is_host = not Path('/run/archiso').exists()
 	return is_host
-
-
-def jsonify(obj: Any, safe: bool = True) -> Any:
-	"""
-	Converts objects into json.dumps() compatible nested dictionaries.
-	Setting safe to True skips dictionary keys starting with a bang (!)
-	"""
-
-	compatible_types = str, int, float, bool
-	if isinstance(obj, dict):
-		return {
-			key: jsonify(value, safe)
-			for key, value in obj.items()
-			if isinstance(key, compatible_types) and not (isinstance(key, str) and key.startswith('!') and safe)
-		}
-	if isinstance(obj, Enum):
-		return obj.value
-	if hasattr(obj, 'json'):
-		# json() is a friendly name for json-helper, it should return
-		# a dictionary representation of the object so that it can be
-		# processed by the json library.
-		return jsonify(obj.json(), safe)
-	if isinstance(obj, datetime | date):
-		return obj.isoformat()
-	if isinstance(obj, list | set | tuple):
-		return [jsonify(item, safe) for item in obj]
-	if isinstance(obj, Path):
-		return str(obj)
-	if hasattr(obj, '__dict__'):
-		return vars(obj)
-
-	return obj
-
-
-class JSON(json.JSONEncoder, json.JSONDecoder):
-	"""
-	A safe JSON encoder that will omit private information in dicts (starting with !)
-	"""
-
-	@override
-	def encode(self, o: Any) -> str:
-		return super().encode(jsonify(o))
-
-
-class UNSAFE_JSON(json.JSONEncoder, json.JSONDecoder):
-	"""
-	UNSAFE_JSON will call/encode and keep private information in dicts (starting with !)
-	"""
-
-	@override
-	def encode(self, o: Any) -> str:
-		return super().encode(jsonify(o, safe=False))