diff --git a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/LimitedCreativeCore.java b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/LimitedCreativeCore.java
index 58d05f6..ed0bf65 100644
--- a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/LimitedCreativeCore.java
+++ b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/LimitedCreativeCore.java
@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@ public class LimitedCreativeCore extends JavaPlugin {
     public Configuration config;
     public WorldGuardIntegration worldguard;
     public static LimitedCreativeCore plugin;
+    
+    public static boolean serializeFallBack = false;
 
     @Override
     public void onDisable() {
@@ -20,6 +22,8 @@ public class LimitedCreativeCore extends JavaPlugin {
     public void onEnable() {
         plugin = this;
         
+        serializeFallBack = versionCompare(getServer().getBukkitVersion().replaceAll("-.*$", ""), "1.1") < 0;
+        
         config = new Configuration(this.getConfig());
         Listener.register(this);
         Commands.register(this);
@@ -32,4 +36,18 @@ public class LimitedCreativeCore extends JavaPlugin {
         PluginDescriptionFile df = this.getDescription();
         logger.info("["+df.getName() + " v" + df.getVersion() + "] done loading.");
     }
+    
+    public static int versionCompare(String vers1, String vers2) {
+        String[] v1 = vers1.split("\\.");
+        String[] v2 = vers2.split("\\.");
+        int i = 0;
+        while (i < v1.length && i < v2.length && v1[i].equals(v2[i])) {
+            i++;
+        }
+        if (i < v1.length && i < v2.length) {
+            int diff = new Integer(v1[i]).compareTo(new Integer(v2[i]));
+            return diff < 0 ? -1 : (diff == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+        }
+        return v1.length < v2.length ? -1 : (v1.length == v2.length ? 0 : 1);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/Listener.java b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/Listener.java
index 69d5654..9f8c1f6 100644
--- a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/Listener.java
+++ b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/Listener.java
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ public final class Listener {
                 event.setCancelled(true);
             }
             if (plugin.config.getSignBlock() && block.getState() instanceof Sign) {
-                event.getPlayer().sendMessage("Access to interact with signs is not allowed in creative mode");
+                event.getPlayer().sendMessage("To interact with signs is not allowed in creative mode");
                 event.setCancelled(true);
             }
         }
diff --git a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/serialize/Items.java b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/serialize/Items.java
index e694cf5..7457d69 100644
--- a/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/serialize/Items.java
+++ b/LimitedCreative/src/de/jaschastarke/minecraft/limitedcreative/serialize/Items.java
@@ -1,8 +1,14 @@
 package de.jaschastarke.minecraft.limitedcreative.serialize;
 
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.configuration.ConfigurationSection;
+import org.bukkit.inventory.ItemStack;
 import org.bukkit.inventory.PlayerInventory;
 
+import de.jaschastarke.minecraft.limitedcreative.LimitedCreativeCore;
+
 public class Items implements Storeable {
     private PlayerInventory inv;
     public Items(PlayerInventory pi) {
@@ -13,7 +19,7 @@ public class Items implements Storeable {
     public void store(ConfigurationSection section) {
         for (int i = 0; i < inv.getSize(); i++) {
             if (inv.getItem(i) != null && inv.getItem(i).getTypeId() != 0)
-                section.set(String.valueOf(i), inv.getItem(i));
+                sectionSetItem(section, String.valueOf(i), inv.getItem(i));
         }
     }
 
@@ -21,10 +27,32 @@ public class Items implements Storeable {
     public void restore(ConfigurationSection section) {
         inv.clear();
         for (int i = 0; i < inv.getSize(); i++) {
-            if (section.contains(String.valueOf(i))) {
-                inv.setItem(i, section.getItemStack(String.valueOf(i)));
-            }
+            if (section.contains(String.valueOf(i)))
+                inv.setItem(i, sectionGetItem(section, String.valueOf(i)));
         }
     }
 
+    public static void sectionSetItem(ConfigurationSection section, String path, ItemStack item) {
+        if (!LimitedCreativeCore.serializeFallBack) {
+            section.set(path, item);
+        } else { // compatibility fallback
+            Map<String, Object> serialize = item.serialize();
+            if (serialize.containsKey("type") && serialize.get("type") instanceof Material)
+                serialize.put("type", serialize.get("type").toString());
+            section.createSection(path, serialize);
+        };
+    }
+    public static ItemStack sectionGetItem(ConfigurationSection section, String path) {
+        if (section.isItemStack(path)) {
+            return section.getItemStack(path);
+        } else { // compatibility fallback
+            ConfigurationSection s = section.getConfigurationSection(path);
+            Map<String, Object> serialize = s.getValues(false);
+            if (s.contains("enchantments"))
+                serialize.put("enchantments", s.getConfigurationSection("enchantments").getValues(false));
+            if (s.contains("damage"))
+                serialize.put("damage", new Integer(s.getInt("damage")).shortValue());
+            return ItemStack.deserialize(serialize);
+        }
+    }
 }