--- a/keyboard_colors/color_profile.py	Tue Feb 02 19:46:01 2021 -0500
+++ b/keyboard_colors/color_profile.py	Tue Mar 02 20:17:36 2021 -0500
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 import sys
 import types
 import uuid
+from types import SimpleNamespace
 gi.require_version("Gtk", "3.0")
 from gi.repository import Gtk  # noqa: E402
 from gi.repository import GLib  # noqa: E402
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@
 
     def __init__(self):
         self.name = ''
-        self.id = uuid.uuid4().hex
+        self.id = str(uuid.uuid4())
 
     def build_settings_ui(self):
         glade_file = sys.modules[self.__module__].__file__.replace('.py', '.glade')
@@ -25,12 +26,25 @@
         builder.add_from_file(glade_file)
         return builder.get_object('edit_profile_container')
 
+    def serialize(self):
+        properties = self.__dict__
+        properties['module'] = self.__class__.__module__
+        return properties
+
+    @staticmethod
+    def unserialize(data):
+        profile_module = importlib.import_module(data['module'])
+        profile_class = getattr(profile_module, 'ColorProfile')
+        profile = profile_class()
+        profile.__dict__.update(data)
+        return profile
+
 
 class ProfileManager:
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self.profiles = self.load_profiles()
-        self.save_profiles()
+        profile_list = self.load_profiles()
+        self.profiles = {p.id: p for p in profile_list}
 
     def get_types(self):
         types = []
@@ -55,15 +69,18 @@
         if os.path.isfile(self.config_path()):
             data = pathlib.Path(self.config_path()).read_text('utf-8')
             try:
-                return json.loads(data, object_hook=lambda d: types.SimpleNamespace(**d))
+                return json.loads(data, object_hook=lambda d: ColorProfileBase.unserialize(d))
             except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
                 return []
         else:
             return []
 
     def save_profiles(self):
-        data = json.dumps(self.profiles, default=lambda o: o.__dict__)
+        data = json.dumps(self.profiles, default=lambda o: o.serialize())
         pathlib.Path(self.config_path()).write_text(data, 'utf-8')
 
     def get_profiles(self):
         return self.profiles
+
+    def get_profile(self, profile_id):
+        return self.get_profiles()[profile_id]