diff --git a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Plugin.cs b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Plugin.cs
index 867ade4..f79d082 100644
--- a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Plugin.cs
+++ b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/Plugin.cs
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ using MediaBrowser.Common.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Common.Plugins;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Configuration;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities;
-using MediaBrowser.Controller.Entities.TV;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Library;
 using MediaBrowser.Controller.Persistence;
 using MediaBrowser.Model.Entities;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
 {
     private readonly object _serializationLock = new();
     private readonly object _introsLock = new();
-    private IXmlSerializer _xmlSerializer;
     private ILibraryManager _libraryManager;
     private IItemRepository _itemRepository;
     private ILogger<Plugin> _logger;
@@ -54,13 +52,14 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
     {
         Instance = this;
 
-        _xmlSerializer = xmlSerializer;
         _libraryManager = libraryManager;
         _itemRepository = itemRepository;
         _logger = logger;
 
         FFmpegPath = serverConfiguration.GetEncodingOptions().EncoderAppPathDisplay;
 
+        ArgumentNullException.ThrowIfNull(applicationPaths);
+
         var introsDirectory = Path.Join(applicationPaths.CachePath, "introskipper");
         FingerprintCachePath = Path.Join(introsDirectory, "chromaprints");
         _introPath = Path.Join(applicationPaths.CachePath, "introskipper", "intros.xml");
@@ -95,6 +94,10 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
             }
         }
 
+        // migrate from XMLSchema to DataContract
+        XmlSerializationHelper.MigrateXML(_introPath);
+        XmlSerializationHelper.MigrateXML(_creditsPath);
+
         ConfigurationChanged += OnConfigurationChanged;
 
         // TODO: remove when https://github.com/jellyfin/jellyfin-meta/discussions/30 is complete
@@ -205,7 +208,14 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
                 introList.Add(intro.Value);
             }
 
-            _xmlSerializer.SerializeToFile(introList, _introPath);
+            try
+            {
+                XmlSerializationHelper.SerializeToXml(introList, _introPath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError("SaveTimestamps intros {Message}", e.Message);
+            }
 
             // Serialize credits
             introList.Clear();
@@ -215,7 +225,14 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
                 introList.Add(intro.Value);
             }
 
-            _xmlSerializer.SerializeToFile(introList, _creditsPath);
+            try
+            {
+                XmlSerializationHelper.SerializeToXml(introList, _creditsPath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception e)
+            {
+                _logger.LogError("SaveTimestamps credits {Message}", e.Message);
+            }
         }
     }
 
@@ -227,9 +244,7 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
         if (File.Exists(_introPath))
         {
             // Since dictionaries can't be easily serialized, analysis results are stored on disk as a list.
-            var introList = (List<Intro>)_xmlSerializer.DeserializeFromFile(
-                typeof(List<Intro>),
-                _introPath);
+            var introList = XmlSerializationHelper.DeserializeFromXml(_introPath);
 
             foreach (var intro in introList)
             {
@@ -239,9 +254,7 @@ public class Plugin : BasePlugin<PluginConfiguration>, IHasWebPages
 
         if (File.Exists(_creditsPath))
         {
-            var creditList = (List<Intro>)_xmlSerializer.DeserializeFromFile(
-                typeof(List<Intro>),
-                _creditsPath);
+            var creditList = XmlSerializationHelper.DeserializeFromXml(_creditsPath);
 
             foreach (var credit in creditList)
             {
diff --git a/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/XmlSerializationHelper.cs b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/XmlSerializationHelper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf2c321
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper/XmlSerializationHelper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,74 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Xml;
+
+namespace ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper
+{
+    internal sealed class XmlSerializationHelper
+    {
+        public static void SerializeToXml<T>(T obj, string filePath)
+        {
+            // Create a FileStream to write the XML file
+            using FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create);
+            // Create a DataContractSerializer for type T
+            DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(T));
+
+            // Serialize the object to the FileStream
+            serializer.WriteObject(fileStream, obj);
+        }
+
+        public static List<Intro> DeserializeFromXml(string filePath)
+        {
+            var result = new List<Intro>();
+            try
+            {
+                // Create a FileStream to read the XML file
+                using FileStream fileStream = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Open);
+                // Create an XmlDictionaryReader to read the XML
+                XmlDictionaryReader reader = XmlDictionaryReader.CreateTextReader(fileStream, new XmlDictionaryReaderQuotas());
+
+                // Create a DataContractSerializer for type T
+                DataContractSerializer serializer = new DataContractSerializer(typeof(List<Intro>));
+
+                // Deserialize the object from the XML
+                result = serializer.ReadObject(reader) as List<Intro>;
+
+                // Close the reader
+                reader.Close();
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Console.WriteLine($"Error deserializing XML: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+#pragma warning disable CS8603
+            // Return the deserialized object
+            return result;
+#pragma warning restore CS8603
+        }
+
+        public static void MigrateXML(string filePath)
+        {
+            if (File.Exists(filePath))
+            {
+                string searchString = "<ArrayOfIntro xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\" xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\">";
+                string replacementString = "<ArrayOfIntro xmlns=\"http://schemas.datacontract.org/2004/07/ConfusedPolarBear.Plugin.IntroSkipper\" xmlns:i=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">";
+
+                // Read the content of the file
+                string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath, Encoding.UTF8);
+
+                // Check if the target string exists at the beginning
+                if (fileContent.Contains(searchString, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase))
+                {
+                    // Replace the target string
+                    fileContent = fileContent.Replace(searchString, replacementString, StringComparison.OrdinalIgnoreCase);
+
+                    // Write the modified content back to the file
+                    File.WriteAllText(filePath, fileContent, Encoding.UTF8);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}