diff --git a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
index 24f5ee29..77539f08 100644
--- a/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
+++ b/docs/src/progress/renderertodo.md
@@ -1870,6 +1870,7 @@ Structure data saving
 Validate race data
 Shuffle entity data package
 Rename structure -> virtualstructure
+Update hometown storage on characters
 
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/MacroData.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/MacroData.java
index bb8e784b..cc2fe03d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/MacroData.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/MacroData.java
@@ -196,6 +196,20 @@ public class MacroData {
     public void addTown(Town town){
         towns.add(town);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets a town by its id
+     * @param id The id of the town
+     * @return The town
+     */
+    public Town getTown(int id){
+        for(Town town : towns){
+            if(town.getId() == id){
+                return town;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
     
     /**
      * Gets the list of structures
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/CharacterUtils.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/CharacterUtils.java
index 2c5b393a..e03e56c9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/CharacterUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/CharacterUtils.java
@@ -72,16 +72,21 @@ public class CharacterUtils {
      * @param town The town
      */
     public static void addHometown(Character character, Town town){
-        character.putData(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN, town);
+        character.putData(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN, new CharacterAssociatedId(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN,town.getId()));
     }
     
     /**
      * Gets the hometown of a character
+     * @param macroData The macro data
      * @param character The character
      * @return The hometown if it exists, null otherwise
      */
-    public static Town getHometown(Character character){
-        return (Town)character.getData(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN);
+    public static Town getHometown(MacroData macroData, Character character){
+        if(!character.containsKey(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN)){
+            return null;
+        }
+        int townId = ((CharacterAssociatedId)character.getData(CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN)).getId();
+        return macroData.getTown(townId);
     }
     
     /**
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/data/CharacterDataSerializer.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/data/CharacterDataSerializer.java
index c6e98af7..959c2844 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/data/CharacterDataSerializer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/character/data/CharacterDataSerializer.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ public class CharacterDataSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<CharacterData>,
 
             //a structure
             case CharacterDataStrings.STRUCTURE_ID:
+            case CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN:
             case CharacterDataStrings.SHELTER: {
                 return context.deserialize(json, CharacterAssociatedId.class);
             }
@@ -72,15 +73,11 @@ public class CharacterDataSerializer implements JsonDeserializer<CharacterData>,
 
             //a structure
             case CharacterDataStrings.STRUCTURE_ID:
+            case CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN:
             case CharacterDataStrings.SHELTER: {
                 return context.serialize((CharacterAssociatedId)src);
             }
 
-            //a town
-            case CharacterDataStrings.TOWN: {
-                return context.serialize((Town)src);
-            }
-
             //goal
             case CharacterDataStrings.ENTITY_GOAL: {
                 return context.serialize((CharacterGoal)src);
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/town/Town.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/town/Town.java
index a3f472b7..a9f98a4e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/town/Town.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/server/macro/town/Town.java
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 package electrosphere.server.macro.town;
 
 import electrosphere.server.macro.character.Character;
-import electrosphere.server.macro.character.data.CharacterData;
-import electrosphere.server.macro.character.data.CharacterDataStrings;
 import electrosphere.server.macro.spatial.MacroAreaObject;
 import electrosphere.server.macro.structure.VirtualStructure;
 
@@ -15,7 +13,7 @@ import org.joml.Vector3d;
 /**
  * Server representation of a town
  */
-public class Town extends CharacterData implements MacroAreaObject {
+public class Town implements MacroAreaObject {
     
     /**
      * The id of the town
@@ -51,7 +49,6 @@ public class Town extends CharacterData implements MacroAreaObject {
      * Constructor
      */
     private Town(){
-        super(CharacterDataStrings.TOWN);
         this.id = idIncrementer;
         idIncrementer++;
     }
@@ -101,11 +98,6 @@ public class Town extends CharacterData implements MacroAreaObject {
         return residents;
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public String getDataType() {
-        return CharacterDataStrings.HOMETOWN;
-    }
-
     @Override
     public Vector3d getPos() {
         return this.position;