diff --git a/engine/libstats.go b/engine/libstats.go
index 08d6b3354..96c22cbad 100644
--- a/engine/libstats.go
+++ b/engine/libstats.go
@@ -19,9 +19,12 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 package engine
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
+	"encoding/gob"
 	"encoding/json"
 	"fmt"
 	"sort"
+	"strings"
 	"sync"
 	"time"
 
@@ -343,18 +346,20 @@ func (sis StatQueues) Sort() {
 	sort.Slice(sis, func(i, j int) bool { return sis[i].sqPrfl.Weight > sis[j].sqPrfl.Weight })
 }
 
+type encStatQueue struct {
+	Tenant    string
+	ID        string
+	SQItems   []SQItem
+	SQMetrics map[string]StatMetric
+}
+
 func (sq *StatQueue) MarshalJSON() (rply []byte, err error) {
 	if sq == nil {
 		return []byte("null"), nil
 	}
 	guardian.Guardian.Guard(context.Background(), func(*context.Context) (_ interface{}, _ error) {
 		sq.RLock()
-		rply, err = json.Marshal(struct {
-			Tenant    string
-			ID        string
-			SQItems   []SQItem
-			SQMetrics map[string]StatMetric
-		}{
+		rply, err = json.Marshal(&encStatQueue{
 			Tenant:    sq.Tenant,
 			ID:        sq.ID,
 			SQItems:   sq.SQItems,
@@ -366,4 +371,69 @@ func (sq *StatQueue) MarshalJSON() (rply []byte, err error) {
 	return
 }
 
-// func (sq *StatQueue) GobEncode() ([]byte, error)
+// UnmarshalJSON here only to fully support json for StatQueue
+func (sq *StatQueue) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) (err error) {
+	var tmp struct {
+		Tenant    string
+		ID        string
+		SQItems   []SQItem
+		SQMetrics map[string]json.RawMessage
+	}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal(data, &tmp); err != nil {
+		return
+	}
+	sq.Tenant = tmp.Tenant
+	sq.ID = tmp.ID
+	sq.SQItems = tmp.SQItems
+	sq.SQMetrics = make(map[string]StatMetric)
+	for metricID, val := range tmp.SQMetrics {
+		metricSplit := strings.Split(metricID, utils.HashtagSep)
+		var metric StatMetric
+		switch metricSplit[0] {
+		case utils.MetaASR:
+			metric = new(StatASR)
+		case utils.MetaACD:
+			metric = new(StatACD)
+		case utils.MetaTCD:
+			metric = new(StatTCD)
+		case utils.MetaACC:
+			metric = new(StatACC)
+		case utils.MetaTCC:
+			metric = new(StatTCC)
+		case utils.MetaPDD:
+			metric = new(StatPDD)
+		case utils.MetaDDC:
+			metric = new(StatDDC)
+		case utils.MetaSum:
+			metric = new(StatSum)
+		case utils.MetaAverage:
+			metric = new(StatAverage)
+		case utils.MetaDistinct:
+			metric = new(StatDistinct)
+		default:
+			return fmt.Errorf("unsupported metric type <%s>", metricSplit[0])
+		}
+		if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(val), metric); err != nil {
+			fmt.Println(1)
+			return
+		}
+		sq.SQMetrics[metricID] = metric
+	}
+	return
+}
+
+func (sq *StatQueue) GobEncode() (rply []byte, err error) {
+	buf := bytes.NewBuffer(rply)
+	guardian.Guardian.Guard(context.Background(), func(*context.Context) (_ interface{}, _ error) {
+		sq.RLock()
+		err = gob.NewEncoder(buf).Encode(&encStatQueue{
+			Tenant:    sq.Tenant,
+			ID:        sq.ID,
+			SQItems:   sq.SQItems,
+			SQMetrics: sq.SQMetrics,
+		})
+		sq.RUnlock()
+		return
+	}, config.CgrConfig().GeneralCfg().LockingTimeout, utils.StatQueuePrefix+sq.TenantID())
+	return buf.Bytes(), nil
+}
diff --git a/engine/libstats_test.go b/engine/libstats_test.go
index 697dc6196..4d60fbc7e 100644
--- a/engine/libstats_test.go
+++ b/engine/libstats_test.go
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>
 package engine
 
 import (
+	"encoding/json"
 	"reflect"
 	"testing"
 	"time"
@@ -694,3 +695,20 @@ func TestStatRemoveExpiredQueue(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Expecting: 2, received: %+v", len(sq.SQItems))
 	}
 }
+
+func TestStatQueueJSONMarshall(t *testing.T) {
+	rply := new(StatQueue)
+	exp, err := NewStatQueue("cgrates.org", "STS", []*MetricWithFilters{
+		{MetricID: utils.MetaASR},
+		{MetricID: utils.MetaTCD},
+	}, 1)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	}
+	if err = json.Unmarshal([]byte(utils.ToJSON(exp)), rply); err != nil {
+		t.Fatal(err)
+	} else if !reflect.DeepEqual(rply, exp) {
+		t.Errorf("Expected: %s , received: %s", utils.ToJSON(exp), utils.ToJSON(rply))
+	}
+
+}