diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
index 2f115ab2f..61fef4709 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchAccount.cpp
@@ -106,7 +106,13 @@ void TwitchAccount::loadIgnores()
                 if (userIt == block.MemberEnd()) {
                     continue;
                 }
-                this->ignores.insert(TwitchUser::fromJSON(userIt->value));
+                TwitchUser ignoredUser;
+                if (!rj::getSafe(userIt->value, ignoredUser)) {
+                    Log("Error parsing twitch user JSON {}", rj::stringify(userIt->value));
+                    continue;
+                }
+
+                this->ignores.insert(ignoredUser);
             }
         }
 
@@ -155,7 +161,12 @@ void TwitchAccount::ignoreByID(const QString &targetUserID, const QString &targe
             return false;
         }
 
-        auto ignoredUser = TwitchUser::fromJSON(userIt->value);
+        TwitchUser ignoredUser;
+        if (!rj::getSafe(userIt->value, ignoredUser)) {
+            onFinished(IgnoreResult_Failed,
+                       "Bad JSON data while ignoring user (invalid user) " + targetName);
+            return false;
+        }
         {
             std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(this->ignoresMutex);
 
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.cpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.cpp
index 0609dc02a..e24e9c781 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.cpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.cpp
@@ -4,27 +4,4 @@
 
 namespace chatterino {
 
-TwitchUser TwitchUser::fromJSON(const rapidjson::Value &value)
-{
-    TwitchUser user;
-
-    if (!value.IsObject()) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("JSON value is not an object");
-    }
-
-    if (!rj::getSafe(value, "_id", user.id)) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Missing ID key");
-    }
-
-    if (!rj::getSafe(value, "name", user.name)) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Missing name key");
-    }
-
-    if (!rj::getSafe(value, "display_name", user.displayName)) {
-        throw std::runtime_error("Missing display name key");
-    }
-
-    return user;
-}
-
 }  // namespace chatterino
diff --git a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.hpp b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.hpp
index aad39efe0..d69c05572 100644
--- a/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.hpp
+++ b/src/providers/twitch/TwitchUser.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 #pragma once
 
+#include "util/RapidjsonHelpers.hpp"
+
 #include <rapidjson/document.h>
 #include <QString>
+#include <pajlada/settings/serialize.hpp>
 
 #include <cassert>
 
@@ -20,8 +23,6 @@ struct TwitchUser {
         this->displayName = other.displayName;
     }
 
-    static TwitchUser fromJSON(const rapidjson::Value &value);
-
     bool operator<(const TwitchUser &rhs) const
     {
         return this->id < rhs.id;
@@ -29,3 +30,45 @@ struct TwitchUser {
 };
 
 }  // namespace chatterino
+
+namespace pajlada {
+namespace Settings {
+
+template <>
+struct Deserialize<chatterino::TwitchUser> {
+    static chatterino::TwitchUser get(const rapidjson::Value &value, bool *error = nullptr)
+    {
+        using namespace chatterino;
+
+        TwitchUser user;
+
+        if (!value.IsObject()) {
+            PAJLADA_REPORT_ERROR(error)
+            PAJLADA_THROW_EXCEPTION("Deserialized rapidjson::Value is wrong type");
+            return user;
+        }
+
+        if (!rj::getSafe(value, "_id", user.id)) {
+            PAJLADA_REPORT_ERROR(error)
+            PAJLADA_THROW_EXCEPTION("Missing ID key");
+            return user;
+        }
+
+        if (!rj::getSafe(value, "name", user.name)) {
+            PAJLADA_REPORT_ERROR(error)
+            PAJLADA_THROW_EXCEPTION("Missing name key");
+            return user;
+        }
+
+        if (!rj::getSafe(value, "display_name", user.displayName)) {
+            PAJLADA_REPORT_ERROR(error)
+            PAJLADA_THROW_EXCEPTION("Missing display name key");
+            return user;
+        }
+
+        return user;
+    }
+};
+
+}  // namespace Settings
+}  // namespace pajlada