diff --git a/crates/core/src/accumulators/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/accumulators/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be1c218
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/core/src/accumulators/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub(crate) mod serializable_accumulator;
+mod serialize;
diff --git a/crates/core/src/accumulators/serializable_accumulator.rs b/crates/core/src/accumulators/serializable_accumulator.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17b9029
--- /dev/null
+++ b/crates/core/src/accumulators/serializable_accumulator.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+use arrow::array::{Array, ArrayRef};
+use datafusion::functions_aggregate::array_agg::ArrayAggAccumulator;
+use datafusion_common::{Result, ScalarValue};
+use datafusion_expr::Accumulator;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+use super::serialize::SerializableScalarValue;
+
+pub trait SerializableAccumulator {
+    fn serialize(&mut self) -> Result<String>;
+    fn deserialize(bytes: String) -> Result<Box<dyn Accumulator>>;
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+struct SerializableArrayAggState {
+    state: Vec<SerializableScalarValue>,
+}
+
+impl SerializableAccumulator for ArrayAggAccumulator {
+    fn serialize(&mut self) -> Result<String> {
+        let state = self.state()?;
+        let serializable_state = SerializableArrayAggState {
+            state: state
+                .into_iter()
+                .map(SerializableScalarValue::from)
+                .collect(),
+        };
+        Ok(serde_json::to_string(&serializable_state).unwrap())
+    }
+
+    fn deserialize(bytes: String) -> Result<Box<dyn Accumulator>> {
+        let serializable_state: SerializableArrayAggState =
+            serde_json::from_str(bytes.as_str()).unwrap();
+        let state: Vec<ScalarValue> = serializable_state
+            .state
+            .into_iter()
+            .map(ScalarValue::from)
+            .collect();
+
+        // Infer the datatype from the first element of the state
+        let datatype = if let Some(ScalarValue::List(list)) = state.first() {
+            list.data_type().clone()
+        } else {
+            return Err(datafusion_common::DataFusionError::Internal(
+                "Invalid state for ArrayAggAccumulator".to_string(),
+            ));
+        };
+
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&datatype)?;
+
+        // Convert ScalarValue to ArrayRef for merge_batch
+        let arrays: Vec<ArrayRef> = state
+            .into_iter()
+            .filter_map(|s| {
+                if let ScalarValue::List(list) = s {
+                    Some(list.values().clone())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect();
+
+        acc.merge_batch(&arrays)?;
+
+        Ok(Box::new(acc))
+    }
+}
+
+#[cfg(test)]
+mod tests {
+    use super::*;
+    use arrow::array::{Int32Array, StringArray};
+    use arrow::datatypes::DataType;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+
+    fn create_int32_array(values: Vec<Option<i32>>) -> ArrayRef {
+        Arc::new(Int32Array::from(values)) as ArrayRef
+    }
+
+    fn create_string_array(values: Vec<Option<&str>>) -> ArrayRef {
+        Arc::new(StringArray::from(values)) as ArrayRef
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_deserialize_int32() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&DataType::Int32)?;
+        acc.update_batch(&[create_int32_array(vec![Some(1), Some(2), Some(3)])])?;
+
+        let serialized = SerializableAccumulator::serialize(&mut acc)?;
+        let mut deserialized = ArrayAggAccumulator::deserialize(serialized)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(acc.evaluate()?, deserialized.evaluate()?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_deserialize_string() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&DataType::Utf8)?;
+        acc.update_batch(&[create_string_array(vec![
+            Some("hello"),
+            Some("world"),
+            None,
+        ])])?;
+
+        let serialized = SerializableAccumulator::serialize(&mut acc)?;
+        let mut deserialized = ArrayAggAccumulator::deserialize(serialized)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(acc.evaluate()?, deserialized.evaluate()?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_deserialize_empty() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&DataType::Int32)?;
+
+        let serialized = SerializableAccumulator::serialize(&mut acc)?;
+        let result = ArrayAggAccumulator::deserialize(serialized);
+
+        assert!(result.is_err());
+        assert!(result.unwrap_err().to_string().contains("Empty state"));
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_deserialize_multiple_updates() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&DataType::Int32)?;
+        acc.update_batch(&[create_int32_array(vec![Some(1), Some(2)])])?;
+        acc.update_batch(&[create_int32_array(vec![Some(3), Some(4)])])?;
+
+        let serialized = SerializableAccumulator::serialize(&mut acc)?;
+        let mut deserialized = ArrayAggAccumulator::deserialize(serialized)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(acc.evaluate()?, deserialized.evaluate()?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serialize_deserialize_with_nulls() -> Result<()> {
+        let mut acc = ArrayAggAccumulator::try_new(&DataType::Int32)?;
+        acc.update_batch(&[create_int32_array(vec![Some(1), None, Some(3)])])?;
+
+        let serialized = SerializableAccumulator::serialize(&mut acc)?;
+        let mut deserialized = ArrayAggAccumulator::deserialize(serialized)?;
+
+        assert_eq!(acc.evaluate()?, deserialized.evaluate()?);
+        Ok(())
+    }
+}
diff --git a/crates/core/src/utils/serialize.rs b/crates/core/src/accumulators/serialize.rs
similarity index 84%
rename from crates/core/src/utils/serialize.rs
rename to crates/core/src/accumulators/serialize.rs
index cba469e..47c58a1 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/utils/serialize.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/accumulators/serialize.rs
@@ -1,14 +1,52 @@
 use std::sync::Arc;
 
+use arrow_array::ListArray;
 use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
 
-use arrow::array::*;
 use arrow::datatypes::*;
 use half::f16;
 use serde_json::{json, Value};
 
 use arrow::datatypes::{DataType, Field, IntervalUnit, TimeUnit};
 
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct SerializableScalarValue(#[serde(with = "scalar_value_serde")] ScalarValue);
+
+impl From<ScalarValue> for SerializableScalarValue {
+    fn from(value: ScalarValue) -> Self {
+        SerializableScalarValue(value)
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<SerializableScalarValue> for ScalarValue {
+    fn from(value: SerializableScalarValue) -> Self {
+        value.0
+    }
+}
+
+mod scalar_value_serde {
+    use super::*;
+    use serde::{de::Error, Deserializer, Serializer};
+
+    pub fn serialize<S>(value: &ScalarValue, serializer: S) -> Result<S::Ok, S::Error>
+    where
+        S: Serializer,
+    {
+        let json = scalar_to_json(value);
+        json.serialize(serializer)
+    }
+
+    pub fn deserialize<'de, D>(deserializer: D) -> Result<ScalarValue, D::Error>
+    where
+        D: Deserializer<'de>,
+    {
+        let json = serde_json::Value::deserialize(deserializer)?;
+        json_to_scalar(&json).map_err(D::Error::custom)
+    }
+}
+
 pub fn string_to_data_type(s: &str) -> Result<DataType, Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
     match s {
         "Null" => Ok(DataType::Null),
@@ -336,18 +374,59 @@ pub fn json_to_scalar(json: &Value) -> Result<ScalarValue, Box<dyn std::error::E
                 .map(|s| base64::decode(s).unwrap());
             Ok(ScalarValue::FixedSizeBinary(size, value))
         }
-        // "List" => {
-        //     let value = obj.get("value").ok_or("Missing 'value' for List")?;
-        //     let field_type = obj
-        //         .get("field_type")
-        //         .map(|ft| ft.as_str())
-        //         .ok_or("Missing 'field_type' for List")?;
-        //     let data_type = string_to_data_type(field_type.unwrap())?;
-        //     let element: ScalarValue = json_to_scalar(value)?;
-        //     let array = element.to_array_of_size(1).unwrap();
-        //     ListArray::from_iter_primitive::<data_type, _, _>(array);
-        //     Ok(ScalarValue::List(Arc::new()))
-        // }
+        "List" => {
+            let value = obj.get("value").ok_or("Missing 'value' for List")?;
+            let field_type = obj
+                .get("field_type")
+                .map(|ft| ft.as_str())
+                .ok_or("Missing 'field_type' for List")?;
+            let data_type: DataType = string_to_data_type(field_type.unwrap())?;
+            let element: ScalarValue = json_to_scalar(value)?;
+            let array = element.to_array_of_size(1).unwrap();
+            let list_array = match data_type {
+                DataType::Boolean => ListArray::from_iter_primitive::<BooleanType, _, _>(array),
+                DataType::Int8 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Int16 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Int32 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Int64 => todo!(),
+                DataType::UInt8 => todo!(),
+                DataType::UInt16 => todo!(),
+                DataType::UInt32 => todo!(),
+                DataType::UInt64 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Float16 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Float32 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Float64 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Timestamp(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Date32 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Date64 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Time32(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Time64(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Duration(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Interval(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Binary => todo!(),
+                DataType::FixedSizeBinary(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::LargeBinary => todo!(),
+                DataType::BinaryView => todo!(),
+                DataType::Utf8 => todo!(),
+                DataType::LargeUtf8 => todo!(),
+                DataType::Utf8View => todo!(),
+                DataType::List(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::ListView(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::FixedSizeList(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::LargeList(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::LargeListView(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Struct(_) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Union(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Dictionary(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Decimal128(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Decimal256(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::Map(_, _) => todo!(),
+                DataType::RunEndEncoded(_, _) => todo!(),
+                _ => Err("DataType {} not supported.", data_type),
+            };
+            let list_array = ListArray::from_iter_primitive::<data_type, _, _>(array);
+            Ok(ScalarValue::List(Arc::new()))
+        }
         "Date32" => Ok(ScalarValue::Date32(
             obj.get("value").and_then(Value::as_i64).map(|i| i as i32),
         )),
@@ -472,7 +551,6 @@ pub fn json_to_scalar(json: &Value) -> Result<ScalarValue, Box<dyn std::error::E
 mod tests {
     use super::*;
     use datafusion_common::ScalarValue;
-    use serde_json::json;
 
     fn test_roundtrip(scalar: ScalarValue) {
         let json = scalar_to_json(&scalar);
@@ -570,4 +648,21 @@ mod tests {
             None,
         ));
     }
+
+    #[test]
+    fn test_serializable_scalar_value() {
+        let original = ScalarValue::Int32(Some(42));
+        let serializable = SerializableScalarValue::from(original.clone());
+
+        // Serialize
+        let serialized = serde_json::to_string(&serializable).unwrap();
+
+        // Deserialize
+        let deserialized: SerializableScalarValue = serde_json::from_str(&serialized).unwrap();
+
+        // Convert back to ScalarValue
+        let result: ScalarValue = deserialized.into();
+
+        assert_eq!(original, result);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/crates/core/src/lib.rs b/crates/core/src/lib.rs
index deaf05c..73b3cd2 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod accumulators;
 pub mod config_extensions;
 pub mod context;
 pub mod datasource;
diff --git a/crates/core/src/utils/mod.rs b/crates/core/src/utils/mod.rs
index f77961d..2757276 100644
--- a/crates/core/src/utils/mod.rs
+++ b/crates/core/src/utils/mod.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #[allow(dead_code)]
 pub mod arrow_helpers;
 mod default_optimizer_rules;
-pub mod serialize;
 
 pub use default_optimizer_rules::get_default_optimizer_rules;