diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ListFacet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ListFacet.java
index 521af7858..768b287a1 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ListFacet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ListFacet.java
@@ -118,6 +118,13 @@ public class ListFacet implements Facet {
                     .collect(Collectors.toList());
         }
         
+        @JsonProperty("selection")
+        public void setSelection(List<DecoratedValueWrapper> wrapped) {
+            selection = wrapped.stream()
+                    .map(e -> e.value)
+                    .collect(Collectors.toList());
+        }
+        
         @Override
         public void initializeFromJSON(JSONObject o) {
             name = o.getString("name");
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/browsing/facets/ListFacetTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/browsing/facets/ListFacetTests.java
index 92a77bf63..f462f4710 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/browsing/facets/ListFacetTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/tests/browsing/facets/ListFacetTests.java
@@ -1,14 +1,20 @@
 package com.google.refine.tests.browsing.facets;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
+
 import org.json.JSONObject;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
+
 import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
 import com.google.refine.browsing.facets.Facet;
 import com.google.refine.browsing.facets.ListFacet.ListFacetConfig;
 import com.google.refine.model.Project;
 import com.google.refine.tests.RefineTest;
 import com.google.refine.tests.util.TestUtils;
+import com.google.refine.util.ParsingUtilities;
 
 public class ListFacetTests extends RefineTest {
     
@@ -66,14 +72,13 @@ public class ListFacetTests extends RefineTest {
     }
     
     @Test
-    public void serializeListFacet() {
+    public void serializeListFacet() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
         Project project = createCSVProject("Column A\n" +
                 "foo\n" +
                 "bar\n");
         Engine engine = new Engine(project);
         
-        ListFacetConfig facetConfig = new ListFacetConfig();
-        facetConfig.initializeFromJSON(new JSONObject(jsonConfig));
+        ListFacetConfig facetConfig = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(jsonConfig, ListFacetConfig.class);
         
         Facet facet = facetConfig.apply(project);
         facet.computeChoices(project, engine.getAllFilteredRows());
@@ -82,13 +87,12 @@ public class ListFacetTests extends RefineTest {
     }
     
     @Test
-    public void serializeListFacetWithError() {
+    public void serializeListFacetWithError() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
         Project project = createCSVProject("other column\n" +
                 "foo\n" +
                 "bar\n");
        
-        ListFacetConfig facetConfig = new ListFacetConfig();
-        facetConfig.initializeFromJSON(new JSONObject(jsonConfig));
+        ListFacetConfig facetConfig = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(jsonConfig, ListFacetConfig.class);
         Facet facet = facetConfig.apply(project);
         TestUtils.isSerializedTo(facet, jsonFacetError);
     }