diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/SpectrumAnalyzer/spectrumanalyzer.cpp b/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/SpectrumAnalyzer/spectrumanalyzer.cpp
index af33bc7..0470375 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/SpectrumAnalyzer/spectrumanalyzer.cpp
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/SpectrumAnalyzer/spectrumanalyzer.cpp
@@ -399,6 +399,7 @@ nlohmann::json SpectrumAnalyzer::toJSON()
     freq["stop"] = settings.freqStop;
     sweep["frequency"] = freq;
     sweep["single"] = singleSweep;
+    sweep["averages"] = averages;
     nlohmann::json acq;
     acq["RBW"] = settings.RBW;
     acq["window"] = WindowToString((DeviceDriver::SASettings::Window) settings.window).toStdString();
@@ -505,6 +506,7 @@ void SpectrumAnalyzer::fromJSON(nlohmann::json j)
             EnableNormalization(correctSize);
         }
         SetSingleSweep(sweep.value("single", singleSweep));
+        SetAveraging(sweep.value("averages", averages));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/VNA/vna.cpp b/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/VNA/vna.cpp
index aba2d3d..92920fb 100644
--- a/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/VNA/vna.cpp
+++ b/Software/PC_Application/LibreVNA-GUI/VNA/vna.cpp
@@ -884,6 +884,7 @@ nlohmann::json VNA::toJSON()
     sweep["power"] = power;
     sweep["points"] = settings.npoints;
     sweep["IFBW"] = settings.bandwidth;
+    sweep["averages"] = averages;
     j["sweep"] = sweep;
 
     j["traces"] = traceModel.toJSON();
@@ -921,6 +922,7 @@ void VNA::fromJSON(nlohmann::json j)
         // restore sweep settings, keep current value as default in case of missing entry
         SetPoints(sweep.value("points", settings.npoints));
         SetIFBandwidth(sweep.value("IFBW", settings.bandwidth));
+        SetAveraging(sweep.value("averages", averages));
         if(sweep.contains("frequency")) {
             auto freq = sweep["frequency"];
             SetStartFreq(freq.value("start", settings.Freq.start));