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diff --git a/util/serialization.lua b/util/serialization.lua
index dd6dd5b5..7071d3f7 100644
--- a/util/serialization.lua
+++ b/util/serialization.lua
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
--- Prosody IM v0.2
--- Copyright (C) 2008 Matthew Wild
--- Copyright (C) 2008 Waqas Hussain
+-- Prosody IM
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Matthew Wild
+-- Copyright (C) 2008-2009 Waqas Hussain
 -- 
 -- This project is MIT/X11 licensed. Please see the
 -- COPYING file in the source package for more information.
@@ -13,7 +13,10 @@ local t_insert = table.insert;
 local t_concat = table.concat;
 local error = error;
 local pairs = pairs;
+local next = next;
 
+local debug_traceback = debug.traceback;
+local log = require "util.logger".init("serialization");
 module "serialization"
 
 local indent = function(i)
@@ -32,25 +35,30 @@ local function _simplesave(o, ind, t, func)
 	elseif type(o) == "string" then
 		func(t, (("%q"):format(o):gsub("\\\n", "\\n")));
 	elseif type(o) == "table" then
-		func(t, "{\n");
-		for k,v in pairs(o) do
-			func(t, indent(ind));
-			func(t, "[");
-			func(t, basicSerialize(k));
-			func(t, "] = ");
-			if ind == 0 then
-				_simplesave(v, 0, t, func);
-			else
-				_simplesave(v, ind+1, t, func);
+		if next(o) ~= nil then
+			func(t, "{\n");
+			for k,v in pairs(o) do
+				func(t, indent(ind));
+				func(t, "[");
+				func(t, basicSerialize(k));
+				func(t, "] = ");
+				if ind == 0 then
+					_simplesave(v, 0, t, func);
+				else
+					_simplesave(v, ind+1, t, func);
+				end
+				func(t, ";\n");
 			end
-			func(t, ",\n");
+			func(t, indent(ind-1));
+			func(t, "}");
+		else
+			func(t, "{}");
 		end
-		func(t, indent(ind-1));
-		func(t, "}");
 	elseif type(o) == "boolean" then
 		func(t, (o and "true" or "false"));
 	else
-		error("cannot serialize a " .. type(o))
+		log("error", "cannot serialize a %s: %s", type(o), debug_traceback())
+		func(t, "nil");
 	end
 end