diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 910aa5dd..e7c4d998 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ rustyline = { version = "10", optional = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 serde_bytes = "0.11"
+rmp-serde = "1.1"
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 
 [features]
diff --git a/src/serde/deserialize.rs b/src/serde/deserialize.rs
index 2534a1d5..d44ad962 100644
--- a/src/serde/deserialize.rs
+++ b/src/serde/deserialize.rs
@@ -127,20 +127,20 @@ impl<'de> Visitor<'de> for DynamicVisitor {
 
     #[inline(always)]
     fn visit_char<E: Error>(self, v: char) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-        self.visit_string(v.to_string())
+        Ok(v.into())
     }
     #[inline(always)]
     fn visit_str<E: Error>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
         Ok(v.into())
     }
     #[inline(always)]
-    fn visit_borrowed_str<E: Error>(self, v: &str) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
-        self.visit_str(v)
-    }
-    #[inline(always)]
     fn visit_string<E: Error>(self, v: String) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
         Ok(v.into())
     }
+    #[inline(always)]
+    fn visit_bytes<E: Error>(self, v: &[u8]) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
+        Ok(Dynamic::from_blob(v.to_vec()))
+    }
 
     #[inline(always)]
     fn visit_unit<E: Error>(self) -> Result<Self::Value, E> {
diff --git a/src/serde/serialize.rs b/src/serde/serialize.rs
index 0e9c481f..dc98ce75 100644
--- a/src/serde/serialize.rs
+++ b/src/serde/serialize.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ impl Serialize for Dynamic {
             Union::Unit(..) => ser.serialize_unit(),
             Union::Bool(x, ..) => ser.serialize_bool(x),
             Union::Str(ref s, ..) => ser.serialize_str(s.as_str()),
-            Union::Char(c, ..) => ser.serialize_str(&c.to_string()),
+            Union::Char(c, ..) => ser.serialize_char(c),
 
             #[cfg(not(feature = "only_i32"))]
             Union::Int(x, ..) => ser.serialize_i64(x),
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ impl Serialize for Dynamic {
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
             Union::Array(ref a, ..) => (**a).serialize(ser),
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_index"))]
-            Union::Blob(ref a, ..) => (**a).serialize(ser),
+            Union::Blob(ref a, ..) => ser.serialize_bytes(&**a),
             #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
             Union::Map(ref m, ..) => {
                 let mut map = ser.serialize_map(Some(m.len()))?;
diff --git a/tests/serde.rs b/tests/serde.rs
index 28f3e1bb..2787ca2f 100644
--- a/tests/serde.rs
+++ b/tests/serde.rs
@@ -809,10 +809,31 @@ fn test_serde_blob() -> Result<(), Box<EvalAltResult>> {
         ",
     )?;
 
+    let json = serde_json::to_string(&r).unwrap();
+
+    assert_eq!(json, "[0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]");
+
     let r = from_dynamic::<serde_bytes::ByteBuf>(&r)?;
 
     assert_eq!(r.to_vec(), vec![0_u8, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
 
+    #[cfg(not(feature = "no_object"))]
+    {
+        let r = engine.eval::<Dynamic>(
+            "
+            let x = blob(10);
+            for i in 0..10 { x[i] = i; }
+            #{ x: x }
+        ",
+        )?;
+
+        let data = format!("{r:?}");
+
+        let encoded = rmp_serde::to_vec(&r).unwrap();
+        let decoded: Dynamic = rmp_serde::from_slice(&encoded).unwrap();
+
+        assert_eq!(format!("{decoded:?}"), data);
+    }
     Ok(())
 }