diff --git a/EnginesRoot.Engines.cs b/EnginesRoot.Engines.cs
index 8438e5b..9d7a31d 100644
--- a/EnginesRoot.Engines.cs
+++ b/EnginesRoot.Engines.cs
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ namespace Svelto.ECS
         public EnginesRoot(IEntitySubmissionScheduler entityViewScheduler)
         {
             _entitiesOperations = new FasterDictionary<ulong, EntitySubmitOperation>();
+            serializationDescriptorMap = new SerializationDescriptorMap();
             _reactiveEnginesAddRemove = new FasterDictionary<RefWrapper<Type>, FasterList<IEngine>>();
             _reactiveEnginesSwap = new FasterDictionary<RefWrapper<Type>, FasterList<IEngine>>();
             _enginesSet = new FasterList<IEngine>();
diff --git a/Serialization/EntitiesDB.DescriptorMap.cs b/Serialization/EntitiesDB.DescriptorMap.cs
index 6e23c57..297f793 100644
--- a/Serialization/EntitiesDB.DescriptorMap.cs
+++ b/Serialization/EntitiesDB.DescriptorMap.cs
@@ -10,10 +10,7 @@ namespace Svelto.ECS
         sealed class SerializationDescriptorMap
         {
             /// <summary>
-            /// Here we want to register all the EntityDescriptors that need to be serialized for network play.
-            ///
-            /// Remember! This needs to in sync across different clients and server as the values are serialized across
-            /// the network also want this to not change so we can save to a DB
+            /// Use reflection to register all the ISerializableEntityDescriptor to be used for serialization
             /// </summary>
             internal SerializationDescriptorMap()
             {
@@ -25,8 +22,8 @@ namespace Svelto.ECS
                 {
                     foreach (Type type in GetTypesSafe(assembly))
                     {
-                        if (type != null && type.IsClass && type.GetConstructor(Type.EmptyTypes) != null &&
-                            typeof(ISerializableEntityDescriptor).IsAssignableFrom(type))
+                        if (type != null && type.IsClass && type.IsAbstract == false && type.BaseType != null && type.BaseType.IsGenericType &&
+                            type.BaseType.GetGenericTypeDefinition() == typeof(SerializableEntityDescriptor<>))
                         {
                             var descriptor = Activator.CreateInstance(type) as ISerializableEntityDescriptor;
 
@@ -91,7 +88,6 @@ namespace Svelto.ECS
                 _factories.Add(SerializationEntityDescriptorTemplate<Descriptor>.hash, deserializationFactory);
             }
 
-
             readonly Dictionary<uint, ISerializableEntityDescriptor> _descriptors;
             readonly Dictionary<uint, IDeserializationFactory> _factories;
         }
@@ -100,6 +96,6 @@ namespace Svelto.ECS
         /// The map of serializable entity hashes to the serializable entity builders (to know the entity structs
         /// to serialize)
         /// </summary>
-        SerializationDescriptorMap serializationDescriptorMap { get; } = new SerializationDescriptorMap();
+        SerializationDescriptorMap serializationDescriptorMap { get; }
     }
 }
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 8c71913..51e1e52 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -3,13 +3,13 @@
   "category": "Svelto",
   "description": "Svelto ECS C# Lightweight Data Oriented Entity Component System Framework",
   "dependencies": {
-    "com.sebaslab.svelto.common": "2.9.7"
+    "com.sebaslab.svelto.common": "2.9.9"
   },
   "keywords": [
     "svelto"
   ],
   "name": "com.sebaslab.svelto.ecs",
   "unity": "2019.2",
-  "version": "2.9.9",
+  "version": "2.9.10",
   "type": "framework"
 }
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