diff --git a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManagement.csproj b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManagement.csproj
index 444ad75619..658cf470c9 100644
--- a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManagement.csproj
+++ b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManagement.csproj
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <ItemGroup>
-    <PackageReference Include="System.Text.Json" Version="4.6.0" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Speckle.Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.2" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
 </Project>
diff --git a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManager.cs b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManager.cs
index 28c21a8cb0..26f34f13c2 100644
--- a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManager.cs
+++ b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/DllConflictManager.cs
@@ -11,18 +11,22 @@ public sealed class DllConflictManager
   private readonly DllConflictManagmentOptionsLoader _optionsLoader;
   private readonly DllConflictEventEmitter _eventEmitter;
   private readonly string[] _assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore;
+  private readonly string[] _exactAssemblyPathsToIgnore;
+
   public ICollection<AssemblyConflictInfo> AllConflictInfo => _assemblyConflicts.Values;
   public ICollection<AssemblyConflictInfoDto> AllConflictInfoAsDtos => _assemblyConflicts.Values.ToDtos().ToList();
 
   public DllConflictManager(
     DllConflictManagmentOptionsLoader optionsLoader,
     DllConflictEventEmitter eventEmitter,
-    params string[] assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore
+    string[]? assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore = null,
+    string[]? exactAssemblyPathsToIgnore = null
   )
   {
     _optionsLoader = optionsLoader;
     _eventEmitter = eventEmitter;
-    _assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore = assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore;
+    _assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore = assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore ?? Array.Empty<string>();
+    _exactAssemblyPathsToIgnore = exactAssemblyPathsToIgnore ?? Array.Empty<string>();
   }
 
   /// <summary>
@@ -99,6 +103,14 @@ HashSet<string> visitedAssemblies
 
   private bool ShouldSkipCheckingConflictBecauseOfAssemblyLocation(Assembly loadedAssembly)
   {
+    foreach (var exactPath in _exactAssemblyPathsToIgnore)
+    {
+      if (Path.GetDirectoryName(loadedAssembly.Location) == exactPath)
+      {
+        return true;
+      }
+    }
+
     foreach (var pathFragment in _assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore)
     {
       if (loadedAssembly.Location.Contains(pathFragment))
diff --git a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SpeckleNewtonsoftSerializer.cs b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SpeckleNewtonsoftSerializer.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2fffc24bf3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SpeckleNewtonsoftSerializer.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+using Speckle.Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace Speckle.DllConflictManagement.Serialization;
+
+public class SpeckleNewtonsoftSerializer : ISerializer
+{
+  public string Serialize<T>(T obj) => JsonConvert.SerializeObject(obj);
+
+  public T Deserialize<T>(string serialized) =>
+    JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(serialized)
+    ?? throw new InvalidOperationException(
+      $"Unable to deserialize the provided JSON into an object of type {typeof(T)}"
+    );
+}
diff --git a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SystemTextJsonSerializer.cs b/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SystemTextJsonSerializer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index df8f9ebd0f..0000000000
--- a/ConnectorCore/DllConflictManagement/Serialization/SystemTextJsonSerializer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-using System.Text.Json;
-
-namespace Speckle.DllConflictManagement.Serialization;
-
-/// <summary>
-/// Just a wrapper around the System.Text.Json serializer. If we decide that we want to switch to newtonsoft
-/// or even something that is not json-based, then we only need to make a new implementation of the ISerializer
-/// </summary>
-public class SystemTextJsonSerializer : ISerializer
-{
-  private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _jsonSerializerOptions = new() { WriteIndented = true };
-
-  public string Serialize<T>(T obj) => JsonSerializer.Serialize(obj, _jsonSerializerOptions);
-
-  public T Deserialize<T>(string serialized) => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(serialized);
-}
diff --git a/ConnectorRevit/ConnectorRevit/Entry/App.cs b/ConnectorRevit/ConnectorRevit/Entry/App.cs
index 2b7de76678..ce01ed30c7 100644
--- a/ConnectorRevit/ConnectorRevit/Entry/App.cs
+++ b/ConnectorRevit/ConnectorRevit/Entry/App.cs
@@ -31,6 +31,10 @@ public class App : IExternalApplication
   public static UIControlledApplication UICtrlApp { get; set; }
 
   private bool _initialized;
+  private static readonly string[] s_assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore = new string[]
+  {
+    "Microsoft.Net\\assembly\\GAC_MSIL\\"
+  };
 
   public Result OnStartup(UIControlledApplication application)
   {
@@ -44,13 +48,19 @@ public Result OnStartup(UIControlledApplication application)
     UICtrlApp.ControlledApplication.DocumentOpening += ControlledApplication_DocumentOpening;
 
     DllConflictEventEmitter eventEmitter = new();
-    ISerializer serializer = new SystemTextJsonSerializer();
+    ISerializer serializer = new SpeckleNewtonsoftSerializer();
     AnalyticsWithoutDependencies analytics = new(eventEmitter, serializer, "Revit", GetRevitVersion());
     eventEmitter.OnAction += analytics.TrackEvent;
 
     DllConflictManagmentOptionsLoader optionsLoader = new(serializer, "Revit", GetRevitVersion());
     // ignore dll conflicts when dll lives in GAC because they are noisy and not an issue (at least in revit)
-    DllConflictManager conflictManager = new(optionsLoader, eventEmitter, "Microsoft.Net\\assembly\\GAC_MSIL\\");
+    DllConflictManager conflictManager =
+      new(
+        optionsLoader,
+        eventEmitter,
+        s_assemblyPathFragmentsToIgnore,
+        new string[] { $"C:\\Program Files\\Autodesk\\Revit {GetRevitVersion()}" }
+      );
     RevitDllConflictUserNotifier conflictNotifier = new(conflictManager, eventEmitter);
 
     try