diff --git a/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverRangeConverter.cs b/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverRangeConverter.cs
index edff82b8..71e84983 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverRangeConverter.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverRangeConverter.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #nullable enable
 using System;
+using System.Runtime.Remoting.Messaging;
 using Hive.Versioning;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
@@ -8,9 +9,12 @@ namespace IPA.JsonConverters
     internal class SemverRangeConverter : JsonConverter<VersionRange?>
     {
         public override VersionRange? ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, VersionRange? existingValue, bool hasExistingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
-            => reader.Value is string s && VersionRange.TryParse(s, out var range) ? range : existingValue;
+            => reader.Value is not string s ? existingValue : new VersionRange(s);
 
         public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, VersionRange? value, JsonSerializer serializer)
-            => writer.WriteValue(value?.ToString());
+        {
+            if (value is null) writer.WriteNull();
+            else writer.WriteValue(value.ToString());
+        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverVersionConverter.cs b/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverVersionConverter.cs
index c0c7c10a..40683f03 100644
--- a/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverVersionConverter.cs
+++ b/IPA.Loader/JsonConverters/SemverVersionConverter.cs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ namespace IPA.JsonConverters
     internal class SemverVersionConverter : JsonConverter<Version?>
     {
         public override Version? ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Version? existingValue, bool hasExistingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
-            => reader.Value is string s && Version.TryParse(s, out var version) ? version : existingValue;
+            => reader.Value is not string s ? existingValue : new Version(s);
 
         public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, Version? value, JsonSerializer serializer)
         {