diff --git a/src/visualizers/panels/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorControl.js b/src/visualizers/panels/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorControl.js
index 5a9b77f9e..2f08b5ea3 100644
--- a/src/visualizers/panels/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorControl.js
+++ b/src/visualizers/panels/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorControl.js
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ define([
     SerializeEditorControl = function (options) {
         options.attributeName = 'serialize';
         TextEditorControl.call(this, options);
+        this._widget.setName = this.setName.bind(this);
     };
 
     _.extend(
@@ -30,5 +31,15 @@ define([
         }
     };
 
+    SerializeEditorControl.prototype.setName = function (name) {
+        var node = this._client.getNode(this._currentNodeId),
+            oldName = node.getAttribute('name'),
+            msg = `Renaming ${oldName} -> ${name}`;
+
+        this._client.startTransaction(msg);
+        this._client.setAttributes(this._currentNodeId, 'name', name);
+        this._client.completeTransaction();
+    };
+
     return SerializeEditorControl;
 });
diff --git a/src/visualizers/widgets/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorWidget.js b/src/visualizers/widgets/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorWidget.js
index 510e8cc4a..92156fc2e 100644
--- a/src/visualizers/widgets/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorWidget.js
+++ b/src/visualizers/widgets/SerializeEditor/SerializeEditorWidget.js
@@ -1,10 +1,6 @@
 /*globals define */
 /*jshint browser: true*/
 
-/**
- * Generated by VisualizerGenerator 1.7.0 from webgme on Wed Jun 01 2016 14:44:21 GMT-0500 (CDT).
- */
-
 define([
     'widgets/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget',
     'underscore',
@@ -20,11 +16,13 @@ define([
 
     SerializeEditorWidget = function (logger, container) {
         TextEditorWidget.call(this, logger, container);
+        this._name = null;
     };
 
     _.extend(SerializeEditorWidget.prototype, TextEditorWidget.prototype);
 
     SerializeEditorWidget.prototype.getHeader = function(desc) {
+        this._name = desc.name;
         return [
             `-- The serialization function for ${desc.name}`,
             '-- Globals:',
@@ -33,8 +31,30 @@ define([
         ].join('\n');
     };
 
-    SerializeEditorWidget.prototype.updateNode = function() {
-        // nop
+    SerializeEditorWidget.prototype.saveText = function () {
+        var text = this.editor.getValue(),
+            r = /The serialization function for (.*)/,
+            match = text.match(r),
+            name;
+
+        if (this.readOnly) {
+            return;
+        }
+
+        if (match) {  // Detect the name from the header
+            name = match[1].replace(/\s+$/, '');
+            if (this._name !== name) {
+                this.setName(name);
+            }
+        }
+        TextEditorWidget.prototype.saveText.call(this);
+    };
+
+    SerializeEditorWidget.prototype.updateNode = function(desc) {
+        if (this._name !== desc.name) {
+            // Check if the name updated. If so, update the text
+            this.addNode(desc);
+        }
     };
 
     return SerializeEditorWidget;