diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index acff99b..f0799f0 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 
     <groupId>de.eldoria</groupId>
     <artifactId>eldo-utilities</artifactId>
-    <version>1.0.6</version>
+    <version>1.0.7</version>
     <packaging>jar</packaging>
     <name>Eldo Utilities</name>
     <url>https://github.com/eldoriarpg/EldoUtilities/wiki</url>
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/eldoria/eldoutilities/serialization/SerializationUtil.java b/src/main/java/de/eldoria/eldoutilities/serialization/SerializationUtil.java
index 7c6ac44..02f50ba 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/eldoria/eldoutilities/serialization/SerializationUtil.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/eldoria/eldoutilities/serialization/SerializationUtil.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ public static Builder newBuilder() {
         return new Builder();
     }
 
+    public static Builder newBuilder(Map<String, Object> map) {
+        return new Builder(map);
+    }
+
     public static <T, U> BiFunction<T, U, String> keyToString() {
         return (k, v) -> k.toString();
     }
@@ -35,7 +39,15 @@ public static TypeResolvingMap mapOf(Map<String, Object> serialized) {
     }
 
     public static final class Builder {
-        private final Map<String, Object> serialized = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        private final Map<String, Object> serialized;
+
+        public Builder() {
+            serialized = new LinkedHashMap<>();
+        }
+
+        public Builder(Map<String, Object> map) {
+            serialized = new LinkedHashMap<>(map);
+        }
 
         public Builder add(String key, Object value) {
             this.serialized.put(key, value);