diff --git a/uSync.BackOffice.Targets/appsettings-schema.usync.json b/uSync.BackOffice.Targets/appsettings-schema.usync.json
index 78bf51dc..57278d85 100644
--- a/uSync.BackOffice.Targets/appsettings-schema.usync.json
+++ b/uSync.BackOffice.Targets/appsettings-schema.usync.json
@@ -251,9 +251,7 @@
         "Settings": {
           "type": "object",
           "description": "Additional settings for the handler",
-          "additionalProperties": {
-            "type": "string"
-          }
+          "additionalProperties": {}
         }
       }
     },
diff --git a/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncHandlerSettings.cs b/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncHandlerSettings.cs
index 7d2b4656..9781e2da 100644
--- a/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncHandlerSettings.cs
+++ b/uSync.BackOffice/Configuration/uSyncHandlerSettings.cs
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ public class HandlerSettings
         /// <summary>
         /// Additional settings for the handler
         /// </summary>
-        public Dictionary<string, string> Settings { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+        public Dictionary<string, object> Settings { get; set; } = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
     }
 
     /// <summary>
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public static TResult GetSetting<TResult>(this HandlerSettings settings, string
         public static void AddSetting<TObject>(this HandlerSettings settings, string key, TObject value)
         {
             if (settings.Settings == null)
-                settings.Settings = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+                settings.Settings = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
             settings.Settings[key] = value.ToString();
         }
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public static HandlerSettings Clone(this HandlerSettings settings)
                 UseFlatStructure = settings.UseFlatStructure,
                 Group = settings.Group,
                 GuidNames = settings.GuidNames,
-                Settings = new Dictionary<string, string>(settings.Settings, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
+                Settings = new Dictionary<string, object>(settings.Settings, StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase)
             };
         }
 
diff --git a/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Handlers/DictionaryHandler.cs b/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Handlers/DictionaryHandler.cs
index df593d35..ea9fa406 100644
--- a/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Handlers/DictionaryHandler.cs
+++ b/uSync.BackOffice/SyncHandlers/Handlers/DictionaryHandler.cs
@@ -182,8 +182,6 @@ protected override IEnumerable<uSyncAction> ReportElement(XElement node, string
         }
 
         private bool IsOneWay(HandlerSettings config)
-        {
-            return (config.Settings.ContainsKey("OneWay") && config.Settings["OneWay"].InvariantEquals("true"));
-        }
+            => config.GetSetting<bool>("OneWay", false);
     }
 }
diff --git a/uSync.Core/Serialization/SyncSerializerOptions.cs b/uSync.Core/Serialization/SyncSerializerOptions.cs
index e13edcb4..3a9b4a43 100644
--- a/uSync.Core/Serialization/SyncSerializerOptions.cs
+++ b/uSync.Core/Serialization/SyncSerializerOptions.cs
@@ -18,13 +18,13 @@ public SyncSerializerOptions(SerializerFlags flags)
             this.Flags = flags;
         }
 
-        public SyncSerializerOptions(Dictionary<string, string> settings)
+        public SyncSerializerOptions(Dictionary<string, object> settings)
         {
-            this.Settings = settings != null ? new Dictionary<string, string>(settings) : new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+            this.Settings = settings != null ? new Dictionary<string, object>(settings) : new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
 
         }
 
-        public SyncSerializerOptions(SerializerFlags flags, Dictionary<string, string> settings)
+        public SyncSerializerOptions(SerializerFlags flags, Dictionary<string, object> settings)
             : this(settings)
         {
             this.Flags = flags;
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public SyncSerializerOptions(SerializerFlags flags, Dictionary<string, string> s
         /// <summary>
         ///  Parameterized options, custom for each handler
         /// </summary>
-        public Dictionary<string, string> Settings { get; internal set; }
+        public Dictionary<string, object> Settings { get; internal set; }
 
         /// <summary>
         ///  flag properties, we can move this away from flags if we want to.
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public IList<string> GetSegments()
 
         public string SwapValue(string key, string newValue)
         {
-            string oldValue = null;
+            object oldValue = null;
 
             if (!this.Settings.ContainsKey(key))
                 oldValue = this.Settings[key];
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public string SwapValue(string key, string newValue)
             else
                 this.Settings[key] = newValue;
 
-            return oldValue;
+            return oldValue.ToString();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ public string SwapValue(string key, string newValue)
         /// </summary>
         public void MergeSettings(Dictionary<string, string> newSettings)
         {
-            if (Settings == null) Settings = new Dictionary<string, string>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
+            if (Settings == null) Settings = new Dictionary<string, object>(StringComparer.InvariantCultureIgnoreCase);
             if (newSettings != null)
             {
                 foreach (var kvp in newSettings)