diff --git a/qctoolkit/pulses/pulse_template_parameter_mapping.py b/qctoolkit/pulses/pulse_template_parameter_mapping.py
index 9ff42dae6..06365b41e 100644
--- a/qctoolkit/pulses/pulse_template_parameter_mapping.py
+++ b/qctoolkit/pulses/pulse_template_parameter_mapping.py
@@ -6,3 +6,6 @@
 warnings.warn("MappingPulseTemplate was moved from qctoolkit.pulses.pulse_template_parameter_mapping to "
               "qctoolkit.pulses.mapping_pulse_template. Please consider fixing your stored pulse templates by loading "
               "and storing them anew.", DeprecationWarning)
+
+from qctoolkit.serialization import SerializableMeta
+SerializableMeta.deserialization_callbacks["qctoolkit.pulses.pulse_template_parameter_mapping.MappingPulseTemplate"] = SerializableMeta.deserialization_callbacks[MappingPulseTemplate.get_type_identifier()]