diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index 71e55ee..184228a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 2025-04-24 - 5.15.0 - feat(svDb)
+Enhance svDb decorator to support custom serialization and deserialization options
+
+- Added an optional options parameter to the svDb decorator to accept serialize/deserialize functions
+- Updated instance creation logic (updateFromDb) to apply custom deserialization if provided
+- Updated createSavableObject to use custom serialization when available
+
 ## 2025-04-23 - 5.14.1 - fix(db operations)
 Update transaction API to consistently pass optional session parameters across database operations
 
diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 653646c..6ab90b2 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/smartdata',
-  version: '5.14.1',
+  version: '5.15.0',
   description: 'An advanced library for NoSQL data organization and manipulation using TypeScript with support for MongoDB, data validation, collections, and custom data types.'
 }
diff --git a/ts/classes.doc.ts b/ts/classes.doc.ts
index 2254063..37d000c 100644
--- a/ts/classes.doc.ts
+++ b/ts/classes.doc.ts
@@ -39,16 +39,34 @@ export function globalSvDb() {
   };
 }
 
+/**
+ * Options for custom serialization/deserialization of a field.
+ */
+export interface SvDbOptions {
+  /** Function to serialize the field value before saving to DB */
+  serialize?: (value: any) => any;
+  /** Function to deserialize the field value after reading from DB */
+  deserialize?: (value: any) => any;
+}
+
 /**
  * saveable - saveable decorator to be used on class properties
  */
-export function svDb() {
+export function svDb(options?: SvDbOptions) {
   return (target: SmartDataDbDoc<unknown, unknown>, key: string) => {
     console.log(`called svDb() on >${target.constructor.name}.${key}<`);
     if (!target.saveableProperties) {
       target.saveableProperties = [];
     }
     target.saveableProperties.push(key);
+    // attach custom serializer/deserializer options to the class constructor
+    const ctor = target.constructor as any;
+    if (!ctor._svDbOptions) {
+      ctor._svDbOptions = {};
+    }
+    if (options) {
+      ctor._svDbOptions[key] = options;
+    }
   };
 }
 
@@ -189,7 +207,12 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
     const newInstance = new this();
     (newInstance as any).creationStatus = 'db';
     for (const key of Object.keys(mongoDbNativeDocArg)) {
-      newInstance[key] = mongoDbNativeDocArg[key];
+      const rawValue = mongoDbNativeDocArg[key];
+      const optionsMap = (this as any)._svDbOptions || {};
+      const opts = optionsMap[key];
+      newInstance[key] = opts && typeof opts.deserialize === 'function'
+        ? opts.deserialize(rawValue)
+        : rawValue;
     }
     return newInstance;
   }
@@ -645,7 +668,12 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
   public async updateFromDb() {
     const mongoDbNativeDoc = await this.collection.findOne(await this.createIdentifiableObject());
     for (const key of Object.keys(mongoDbNativeDoc)) {
-      this[key] = mongoDbNativeDoc[key];
+      const rawValue = mongoDbNativeDoc[key];
+      const optionsMap = (this.constructor as any)._svDbOptions || {};
+      const opts = optionsMap[key];
+      this[key] = opts && typeof opts.deserialize === 'function'
+        ? opts.deserialize(rawValue)
+        : rawValue;
     }
   }
 
@@ -655,8 +683,14 @@ export class SmartDataDbDoc<T extends TImplements, TImplements, TManager extends
   public async createSavableObject(): Promise<TImplements> {
     const saveableObject: unknown = {}; // is not exposed to outside, so any is ok here
     const saveableProperties = [...this.globalSaveableProperties, ...this.saveableProperties];
+    // apply custom serialization if configured
+    const optionsMap = (this.constructor as any)._svDbOptions || {};
     for (const propertyNameString of saveableProperties) {
-      saveableObject[propertyNameString] = this[propertyNameString];
+      const rawValue = (this as any)[propertyNameString];
+      const opts = optionsMap[propertyNameString];
+      (saveableObject as any)[propertyNameString] = opts && typeof opts.serialize === 'function'
+        ? opts.serialize(rawValue)
+        : rawValue;
     }
     return saveableObject as TImplements;
   }