diff --git a/TestGame/Program.cs b/TestGame/Program.cs
index 733b808..bebb1ff 100644
--- a/TestGame/Program.cs
+++ b/TestGame/Program.cs
@@ -56,14 +56,16 @@ public override void Update()
 
 public class Rotate : Script
 {
-    private readonly float speed_;
+    private float speed_;
     public Rotate(Entity entity, float speed) : base(entity)
     {
         speed_ = speed;
         StoreScriptData("speed",speed_);//we store the data for this script, so it persists in save file
     }
     //constructor used for deserialization
-    public Rotate(Entity entity, Dictionary<string, object> scriptData) : base(entity, scriptData)
+    public Rotate(Entity entity) : base(entity){}
+
+    protected override void AfterDeserialization()
     {
         speed_ = RetrieveScriptData<float>("speed");//we retrieve data stored when deserializing
     }
diff --git "a/\303\246lum/Systems/Components.cs" "b/\303\246lum/Systems/Components.cs"
index b764a7c..8b09e86 100644
--- "a/\303\246lum/Systems/Components.cs"
+++ "b/\303\246lum/Systems/Components.cs"
@@ -43,9 +43,7 @@ public static Component CreateFromData(Entity entity, ComponentData componentDat
         if (componentData.typeId == ComponentTypes.Script)
         {
             ScriptTypeAndData stad = MessagePackSerializer.Deserialize<ScriptTypeAndData>(componentData.serialData);
-            if (stad.ScriptData != null)
-                return Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(stad.ScriptType), entity, stad.ScriptData) as Component;
-            return Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(stad.ScriptType), entity) as Component;
+            return Script.CreateFromData(entity, stad);
         }
 
         throw new Exception("component type couldn't be resolved; make sure to add all serializable types to this method");
diff --git "a/\303\246lum/Systems/Scripts.cs" "b/\303\246lum/Systems/Scripts.cs"
index 959d8d0..5bd23d8 100644
--- "a/\303\246lum/Systems/Scripts.cs"
+++ "b/\303\246lum/Systems/Scripts.cs"
@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@ protected Script(Entity entity) : base(entity)
 
     }
 
-    protected Script(Entity entity, Dictionary<string, object> scriptData) : this(entity)
+    //cereal factory
+    internal static Script CreateFromData(Entity entity, ScriptTypeAndData stad)
     {
-        this.scriptData = scriptData;
+        var newScript = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetType(stad.ScriptType), entity) as Script;
+        newScript.scriptData = stad.ScriptData;
+        newScript.AfterDeserialization();
+        return newScript;
     }
-
+    
     protected void StoreScriptData(string key, object data)
     {
         if (scriptData == null) scriptData = new Dictionary<string, object>();
@@ -53,19 +57,15 @@ public sealed override ComponentData GetSerialData()
     }
 
     protected virtual void BeforeSerialization() //ovrd if you need to update script data before entity gets serialized
-    {
-        
-    }
+    {}
+
+    protected virtual void AfterDeserialization()
+    {}
 
 }
 
 class PlayerController : Script
 {
-    public PlayerController(Entity entity, Dictionary<string, object> scriptData) : base(entity, scriptData)
-    {
-
-    }
-
     public PlayerController(Entity entity) : base(entity)
     {
 
@@ -181,12 +181,11 @@ public Rotator(Entity entity, float speed) : base(entity)
         StoreScriptData("spd", speed);
     }
 
-    public Rotator(Entity entity, Dictionary<string, object> scriptData) : base(entity, scriptData)
+    protected override void AfterDeserialization()
     {
         speed = RetrieveScriptData<float>("spd");
-
     }
-    
+
     public override void Update()
     {
         entity.Rotation += speed*0.1f;
@@ -217,7 +216,7 @@ public ICANHAZNAME(Entity entity, string name) : base(entity)
         StoreScriptData("n", name);
     }
 
-    public ICANHAZNAME(Entity entity, Dictionary<string, object> scriptData) : base(entity, scriptData)
+    protected override void AfterDeserialization()
     {
         name = RetrieveScriptData<string>("n");
     }