diff --git a/AppKit/CPMenuItem.j b/AppKit/CPMenuItem.j
index 995d121bc..75d52da19 100644
--- a/AppKit/CPMenuItem.j
+++ b/AppKit/CPMenuItem.j
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@
         
         _isEnabled = YES;
         
+        _tag = 0;
         _state = CPOffState;
         
         _keyEquivalent = aKeyEquivalent || @"";
@@ -749,6 +750,8 @@ var CPMenuItemTitleKey              = @"CPMenuItemTitleKey",
     CPMenuItemIsEnabledKey          = @"CPMenuItemIsEnabledKey",
     CPMenuItemIsHiddenKey           = @"CPMenuItemIsHiddenKey",
     
+    CPMenuItemTagKey                = @"CPMenuItemTagKey",
+    
     CPMenuItemImageKey              = @"CPMenuItemImageKey",
     CPMenuItemAlternateImageKey     = @"CPMenuItemAlternateImageKey",
     
@@ -779,7 +782,8 @@ var CPMenuItemTitleKey              = @"CPMenuItemTitleKey",
         _isEnabled = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPMenuItemIsEnabledKey];
         _isHidden = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPMenuItemIsHiddenKey];
 
-//    int             _tag;
+        _tag = [aCoder containsValueForKey:CPMenuItemTagKey] ? [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPMenuItemTagKey] : 0;
+
 //    int             _state;
                     
         _image = [aCoder decodeObjectForKey:CPMenuItemImageKey];
@@ -823,6 +827,9 @@ var CPMenuItemTitleKey              = @"CPMenuItemTitleKey",
     [aCoder encodeObject:_isEnabled forKey:CPMenuItemIsEnabledKey];
     [aCoder encodeObject:_isHidden forKey:CPMenuItemIsHiddenKey];
 
+    if (_tag !== 0)
+        [aCoder encodeObject:_tag forKey:CPMenuItemTagKey];
+
     [aCoder encodeObject:_image forKey:CPMenuItemImageKey];
     [aCoder encodeObject:_alternateImage forKey:CPMenuItemAlternateImageKey];
     
diff --git a/Foundation/CPString.j b/Foundation/CPString.j
index 3de11401b..13bc0a889 100644
--- a/Foundation/CPString.j
+++ b/Foundation/CPString.j
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@
 @import "CPObject.j"
 @import "CPException.j"
 @import "CPSortDescriptor.j"
+@import "CPValue.j"
 
 
 /*!
@@ -640,4 +641,24 @@ var CPStringHashes      = new objj_dictionary();
 @end
 
 
+@implementation CPString (JSON)
+
+/*!
+    Returns a string representing the supplied JavaScript object encoded as JSON.
+*/
++ (CPString)JSONFromObject:(JSObject)anObject
+{
+    return CPJSObjectCreateJSON(anObject);
+}
+
+/*!
+    Returns a JavaScript object decoded from the string's JSON representation.
+*/
+- (JSObject)objectFromJSON
+{
+    return CPJSObjectCreateWithJSON(self);
+}
+
+@end
+
 String.prototype.isa = CPString;