diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Deployment/AllLayersDeploymentSource.cs b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Deployment/AllLayersDeploymentSource.cs
index c4a441b3e82..ff4e3777a17 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Deployment/AllLayersDeploymentSource.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Deployment/AllLayersDeploymentSource.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using OrchardCore.Deployment;
 using OrchardCore.Entities;
@@ -10,7 +11,12 @@
 namespace OrchardCore.Layers.Deployment
 {
     public class AllLayersDeploymentSource : IDeploymentSource
-    {
+    {        
+        private readonly static JsonSerializer JsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer()
+        {
+            TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto
+        };
+
         private readonly ILayerService _layerService;
         private readonly ISiteService _siteService;
 
@@ -33,7 +39,7 @@ public async Task ProcessDeploymentStepAsync(DeploymentStep step, DeploymentPlan
             
             result.Steps.Add(new JObject(
                 new JProperty("name", "Layers"),
-                new JProperty("Layers", layers.Layers.Select(JObject.FromObject))
+                new JProperty("Layers", layers.Layers.Select(layer => JObject.FromObject(layer, JsonSerializer)))
             ));
 
             var siteSettings = await _siteService.GetSiteSettingsAsync();
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Recipes/LayerStep.cs b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Recipes/LayerStep.cs
index a74b94f4d50..53a5cd5f39e 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Recipes/LayerStep.cs
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Modules/OrchardCore.Layers/Recipes/LayerStep.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using OrchardCore.Layers.Models;
 using OrchardCore.Layers.Services;
@@ -16,6 +17,11 @@ namespace OrchardCore.Layers.Recipes
     /// </summary>
     public class LayerStep : IRecipeStepHandler
     {
+        private readonly static JsonSerializer JsonSerializer = new JsonSerializer()
+        {
+            TypeNameHandling = TypeNameHandling.Auto
+        };
+
         private readonly ILayerService _layerService;
         private readonly IRuleMigrator _ruleMigrator;
         private readonly IConditionIdGenerator _conditionIdGenerator;
@@ -40,7 +46,7 @@ public async Task ExecuteAsync(RecipeExecutionContext context)
                 return;
             }
 
-            var model = context.Step.ToObject<LayerStepModel>();
+            var model = context.Step.ToObject<LayersStepModel>();
 
             var allLayers = await _layerService.LoadLayersAsync();
 
@@ -83,18 +89,18 @@ public async Task ExecuteAsync(RecipeExecutionContext context)
 
                     // The conditions list is cleared, because we cannot logically merge conditions.
                     layer.LayerRule.Conditions.Clear();
-                    foreach (var condition in layerStep.LayerRule.Conditions)
+                    foreach (var jCondition in layerStep.LayerRule.Conditions)
                     {
-                        if (factories.TryGetValue(condition.Name, out var factory))
+                        var name = jCondition["Name"].ToString();
+                        if (factories.TryGetValue(name, out var factory))
                         {
-                            var jCondition = JObject.FromObject(condition);
-                            var factoryCondition = (Condition)jCondition.ToObject(factory.Create().GetType());
+                            var factoryCondition = (Condition)jCondition.ToObject(factory.Create().GetType(), JsonSerializer);
 
                             layer.LayerRule.Conditions.Add(factoryCondition);
                         }
                         else
                         {
-                             unknownTypes.Add(condition.Name);
+                             unknownTypes.Add(name);
                         }
                     }
                 }
@@ -126,8 +132,25 @@ public async Task ExecuteAsync(RecipeExecutionContext context)
         }
     }
 
+    public class LayersStepModel
+    {
+        public LayerStepModel[] Layers { get; set; }
+    }
+
     public class LayerStepModel
     {
-        public Layer[] Layers { get; set; }
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+
+        public string Rule { get; set; }
+        public string Description { get; set; }
+
+        public RuleStepModel LayerRule { get; set; }
+    }    
+
+    public class RuleStepModel
+    {
+        public string Name { get; set; }
+        public string ConditionId { get; set; }
+        public JArray Conditions { get; set; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAgencyTheme/Recipes/agency.recipe.json b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAgencyTheme/Recipes/agency.recipe.json
index 7f56d6e73ff..3375e089faa 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAgencyTheme/Recipes/agency.recipe.json
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheAgencyTheme/Recipes/agency.recipe.json
@@ -856,6 +856,7 @@
             "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]",
             "Conditions": [
               {
+                "$type": "OrchardCore.Rules.Models.BooleanCondition, OrchardCore.Rules",
                 "Name": "BooleanCondition",
                 "Value": true,
                 "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]"
@@ -870,6 +871,7 @@
             "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]",
             "Conditions": [
               {
+                "$type": "OrchardCore.Rules.Models.HomepageCondition, OrchardCore.Rules",
                 "Name": "HomepageCondition",
                 "Value": true,
                 "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]"
diff --git a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheBlogTheme/Recipes/blog.recipe.json b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheBlogTheme/Recipes/blog.recipe.json
index aea98c2fa7c..295f5100098 100644
--- a/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheBlogTheme/Recipes/blog.recipe.json
+++ b/src/OrchardCore.Themes/TheBlogTheme/Recipes/blog.recipe.json
@@ -1175,6 +1175,7 @@
             "ConditionId":"[js: uuid()]",
             "Conditions": [
               {
+                "$type": "OrchardCore.Rules.Models.BooleanCondition, OrchardCore.Rules",
                 "Name": "BooleanCondition",
                 "Value": true,
                 "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]"
@@ -1189,6 +1190,7 @@
             "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]",
             "Conditions": [
               {
+                "$type": "OrchardCore.Rules.Models.HomepageCondition, OrchardCore.Rules",
                 "Name": "HomepageCondition",
                 "Value": true,
                 "ConditionId": "[js: uuid()]"