diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index aff9249..859bfc6 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ readme = "README.md"
 keywords = ["nlp", "stemming", "information", "retrieval", "language"]
 license = "MIT/BSD-3-Clause"
 
+[features]
+default = ["serde"]
+serde = ["dep:serde", "dep:serde_derive"]
+
 [dependencies]
-serde = "^1.0"
-serde_derive = "^1.0"
+serde = { version = "^1.0", optional = true }
+serde_derive = { version = "^1.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 38c2c03..1755c13 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -20,7 +20,10 @@
 //!    assert_eq!(en_stemmer.stem("fruitlessly"), "fruitless");
 //! }
 //! ```
+#[cfg(feature="serde")]
 extern crate serde;
+
+#[cfg(feature="serde")]
 #[macro_use]
 extern crate serde_derive;
 
@@ -33,7 +36,8 @@ use snowball::algorithms;
 
 /// Enum of all supported algorithms.
 /// Check the [Snowball-Website](https://snowballstem.org/) for details.
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, Eq, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "serde", derive(Serialize, Deserialize))]
+#[derive(Debug, Eq, PartialEq, Copy, Clone)]
 pub enum Algorithm {
     Arabic,
     Armenian,
@@ -322,4 +326,25 @@ mod tests {
         }
     }
 
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    fn dummy_serialization_function<T: serde::Serialize>(x: T) {
+        drop(x)
+    }
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    fn dummy_deserialization_function<T: serde::de::DeserializeOwned>(x: T) {
+        drop(x)
+    }
+
+
+    #[cfg(feature = "serde")]
+    #[test]
+    fn serialization() {
+        let algorithm = Algorithm::English;
+        dummy_deserialization_function(algorithm);
+
+        let algorithm2 = Algorithm::Spanish;
+        dummy_serialization_function(algorithm2);
+    }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/snowball/algorithms/armenian.rs b/src/snowball/algorithms/armenian.rs
index d1ba80b..f2c2117 100644
--- a/src/snowball/algorithms/armenian.rs
+++ b/src/snowball/algorithms/armenian.rs
@@ -219,8 +219,8 @@ struct Context {
 }
 
 fn r_mark_regions(env: &mut SnowballEnv, context: &mut Context) -> bool {
-    context.i_pV = env.limit;
-    context.i_p2 = env.limit;
+    context.i_pV = env.limit as i32;
+    context.i_p2 = env.limit as i32;
     let v_1 = env.cursor;
     'lab0: loop {
         'golab1: loop {
@@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ fn r_mark_regions(env: &mut SnowballEnv, context: &mut Context) -> bool {
             }
             env.next_char();
         }
-        context.i_pV = env.cursor;
+        context.i_pV = env.cursor as i32;
         'golab3: loop {
             'lab4: loop {
                 if !env.out_grouping(G_v, 1377, 1413) {
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ fn r_mark_regions(env: &mut SnowballEnv, context: &mut Context) -> bool {
             }
             env.next_char();
         }
-        context.i_p2 = env.cursor;
+        context.i_p2 = env.cursor as i32;
         break 'lab0;
     }
     env.cursor = v_1;
@@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ fn r_mark_regions(env: &mut SnowballEnv, context: &mut Context) -> bool {
 }
 
 fn r_R2(env: &mut SnowballEnv, context: &mut Context) -> bool {
-    if !(context.i_p2 <= env.cursor){
+    if !(context.i_p2 <= env.cursor as i32){
         return false;
     }
     return true;
@@ -345,11 +345,11 @@ pub fn stem(env: &mut SnowballEnv) -> bool {
     r_mark_regions(env, context);
     env.limit_backward = env.cursor;
     env.cursor = env.limit;
-    if env.cursor < context.i_pV {
+    if env.cursor < context.i_pV as usize {
         return false;
     }
     let v_3 = env.limit_backward;
-    env.limit_backward = context.i_pV;
+    env.limit_backward = context.i_pV as usize;
     let v_4 = env.limit - env.cursor;
     r_ending(env, context);
     env.cursor = env.limit - v_4;