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index 0435453..0000000
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deleted file mode 100644
index 2b0f72e..0000000
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diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 5882de6..2f4478b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/)
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
+## [0.9.61] - 2024-10-03
+### Fixed
+- incorrectly deserialized custom `HotSpot`
+
 ## [0.9.60] - 2024-09-19
 ### Changed
 - rename of `HotSpot` object (from `KmlVec2`) & optimization in it's usage
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9e45740..ff79e8d 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Library for [Locus Map](https://www.locusmap.app) application for Android device
 
 ## Current version
 
-Latest stable LT version: **0.9.60**
+Latest stable LT version: **0.9.61**
 Available versions on the maven repository: [here](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/asamm/).
 
 How to **update to new 0.9.x** version? More about it [here](https://github.com/asamm/locus-api/wiki/Update-to-version-0.9.0).
diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index e23b8bd..195db2c 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ GRADLE_NEXUS_STAGING = 0.30.0
 LOCUS_LOGGER = 2.2
 
 # Version
-API_CODE = 107
-API_VERSION = 0.9.60
+API_CODE = 108
+API_VERSION = 0.9.61
 
 # ANDROID SUPPORT LIBS
 # https://developer.android.com/topic/libraries/support-library/revisions.html
diff --git a/locus-api-core/src/main/java/locus/api/objects/styles/HotSpot.kt b/locus-api-core/src/main/java/locus/api/objects/styles/HotSpot.kt
index 7f6e127..ab429b6 100644
--- a/locus-api-core/src/main/java/locus/api/objects/styles/HotSpot.kt
+++ b/locus-api-core/src/main/java/locus/api/objects/styles/HotSpot.kt
@@ -104,10 +104,10 @@ data class HotSpot(
 
             // return custom hotStop
             return HotSpot(
-                x = dr.readDouble(),
-                xUnits = Units.values()[dr.readInt()],
-                y = dr.readDouble(),
-                yUnits = Units.values()[dr.readInt()]
+                x = x,
+                xUnits = xUnits,
+                y = y,
+                yUnits = yUnits
             )
         }