From 47736603af9c038098b707c232a49fa541d6ee32 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Arjun Balgovind <32061677+arjunbalgovind@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 2020 16:04:04 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Fix saving to JSON in PT Settings (#5197)

* Added argument to fix saving to JSON in PT Settings

* Added argument to fix saving to JSON in PT Settings
---
 .../BasePTModuleSettings.cs                                    | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib/BasePTModuleSettings.cs b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib/BasePTModuleSettings.cs
index 2a3b7b843e..a638ade38c 100644
--- a/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib/BasePTModuleSettings.cs
+++ b/src/core/Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib/BasePTModuleSettings.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,8 @@ namespace Microsoft.PowerToys.Settings.UI.Lib
         // converts the current to a json string.
         public virtual string ToJsonString()
         {
-            return JsonSerializer.Serialize(this);
+            // By default JsonSerializer will only serialize the properties in the base class. This can be avoided by passing the object type (more details at https://stackoverflow.com/a/62498888)
+            return JsonSerializer.Serialize(this, this.GetType());
         }
     }
 }