diff --git a/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonDeserializationHelper.java b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonDeserializationHelper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9199e26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonDeserializationHelper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+package tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.Resource;
+import org.eclipse.emf.ecore.resource.ResourceSet;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonProcessingException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+public interface JsonDeserializationHelper {
+    <T> T deserialize(JsonNode node, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException;
+
+    <T> List<T> deserializeArrayOf(String json, Class<T> clazz) throws JsonProcessingException;
+
+    Resource deserializeResource(String json, String id, ResourceSet set) throws JsonProcessingException;
+}
diff --git a/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonMapper.java b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonMapper.java
index a7c7833..ccdb3a2 100644
--- a/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonMapper.java
+++ b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/JsonMapper.java
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
  * This mapper can be used to serialize objects and deserialize JSON in the context of Vitruvius.
  * It has custom De-/Serializers for {@link ResourceSet}s, {@link Resource}s and {@link VitruviusChange}s.
  */
-public class JsonMapper {
+public class JsonMapper implements JsonDeserializationHelper {
     private final ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper();
 
     public JsonMapper(Path vsumPath) {
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public <T> T deserialize(String json, Class<T> clazz) throws JsonProcessingExcep
      * @throws JsonProcessingException If the JSON node cannot be processed.
      * @throws IOException If there is an IO exception during deserialization.
      */
-    public <T> T deserialize(JsonNode json, Class<T> clazz) throws JsonProcessingException, IOException {
+    public <T> T deserialize(JsonNode json, Class<T> clazz) throws IOException {
     	return mapper.reader().forType(clazz).readValue(json);
     }
     
diff --git a/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/deserializer/VitruviusChangeDeserializer.java b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/deserializer/VitruviusChangeDeserializer.java
index 299f7d1..dd1f0d4 100644
--- a/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/deserializer/VitruviusChangeDeserializer.java
+++ b/remote/src/main/java/tools/vitruv/framework/remote/common/json/deserializer/VitruviusChangeDeserializer.java
@@ -18,33 +18,36 @@
 import tools.vitruv.change.interaction.UserInteractionBase;
 import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json.ChangeType;
 import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json.IdTransformation;
+import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json.JsonDeserializationHelper;
 import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json.JsonFieldName;
-import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.json.JsonMapper;
 import tools.vitruv.framework.remote.common.util.ResourceUtil;
 
 public class VitruviusChangeDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<VitruviusChange<?>> {
-	private final IdTransformation transformation;
-	private final JsonMapper mapper;
-	
-    public VitruviusChangeDeserializer(JsonMapper mapper, IdTransformation transformation) {
-		this.mapper = mapper;
-		this.transformation = transformation;
-	}
+    private final IdTransformation transformation;
+    private final JsonDeserializationHelper mapper;
 
-	@Override
+    public VitruviusChangeDeserializer(JsonDeserializationHelper mapper, IdTransformation transformation) {
+        this.mapper = mapper;
+        this.transformation = transformation;
+    }
+
+    @Override
     public VitruviusChange<?> deserialize(JsonParser parser, DeserializationContext context) throws IOException {
         var rootNode = parser.getCodec().readTree(parser);
-        var type = ChangeType.valueOf(((TextNode)rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.CHANGE_TYPE)).asText());
+        var type = ChangeType.valueOf(((TextNode) rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.CHANGE_TYPE)).asText());
 
         VitruviusChange<?> change;
         if (type == ChangeType.TRANSACTIONAL) {
             var resourceNode = rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.E_CHANGES);
-            var changesResource = mapper.deserializeResource(resourceNode.toString(), JsonFieldName.TEMP_VALUE, ResourceUtil.createJsonResourceSet());
+            var changesResource = mapper.deserializeResource(resourceNode.toString(), JsonFieldName.TEMP_VALUE,
+                    ResourceUtil.createJsonResourceSet());
             @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-			      List<EChange<HierarchicalId>> changes = changesResource.getContents().stream().map(e -> (EChange<HierarchicalId>) e).toList();
+            List<EChange<HierarchicalId>> changes = changesResource.getContents().stream()
+                    .map(e -> (EChange<HierarchicalId>) e).toList();
             transformation.allToGlobal(changes);
             change = VitruviusChangeFactory.getInstance().createTransactionalChange(changes);
-            var interactions = mapper.deserializeArrayOf(rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.U_INTERACTIONS).toString(), UserInteractionBase.class);
+            var interactions = mapper.deserializeArrayOf(rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.U_INTERACTIONS).toString(),
+                    UserInteractionBase.class);
             ((TransactionalChange<?>) change).setUserInteractions(interactions);
         } else if (type == ChangeType.COMPOSITE) {
             var changesNode = (ArrayNode) rootNode.get(JsonFieldName.V_CHANGES);