diff --git a/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraConfig.java b/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraConfig.java
index 6413934dc..e4162bec3 100644
--- a/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraConfig.java
+++ b/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraConfig.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.chameleonvision.config;
 
+import com.chameleonvision.vision.camera.USBCameraProcess;
 import com.chameleonvision.vision.camera.USBCameraProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
@@ -28,4 +29,9 @@ public class CameraConfig {
         this.name = name;
         this.nickname = name;
     }
+
+    public static CameraConfig fromUSBCameraProcess(USBCameraProcess process) {
+        USBCameraProperties camProps = process.getProperties();
+        return new CameraConfig(camProps.FOV, camProps.name, camProps.path, camProps.getNickname());
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraSerializer.java b/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraSerializer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index fd0386f73..000000000
--- a/Main/src/main/java/com/chameleonvision/config/CameraSerializer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-package com.chameleonvision.config;
-
-import com.chameleonvision.vision.camera.USBCameraProperties;
-import com.chameleonvision.vision.camera.USBCameraProcess;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonGenerator;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.SerializerProvider;
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ser.std.StdSerializer;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-
-public class CameraSerializer extends StdSerializer<USBCameraProcess> {
-    public CameraSerializer(Class<USBCameraProcess> t) {
-        super(t);
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public void serialize(USBCameraProcess value, JsonGenerator gen, SerializerProvider provider) throws IOException {
-        gen.writeStartObject();
-        USBCameraProperties camProps = value.getProperties();
-        gen.writeNumberField("FOV", camProps.FOV);
-        gen.writeStringField("Name", camProps.name);
-        gen.writeStringField("Path", camProps.path);
-        gen.writeStringField("Nickname", camProps.getNickname());
-    }
-}