diff --git a/cura/ProfileWriter.py b/cura/ProfileWriter.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6c719205ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cura/ProfileWriter.py
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2015 Ultimaker B.V.
+# Uranium is released under the terms of the AGPLv3 or higher.
+
+from UM.PluginObject import PluginObject
+
+##  Base class for profile writer plugins.
+#
+#   This class defines a write() function to write profiles to files with.
+class ProfileWriter(PluginObject):
+    ##  Initialises the profile writer.
+    #
+    #   This currently doesn't do anything since the writer is basically static.
+    def __init__(self):
+        super().__init__()
+
+    ##  Writes a profile to the specified file path.
+    #
+    #   The profile writer may write its own file format to the specified file.
+    #
+    #   \param path \type{string} The file to output to.
+    #   \param profile \type{Profile} The profile to write to the file.
+    #   \return \code True \endcode if the writing was successful, or \code
+    #   False \endcode if it wasn't.
+    def write(self, path, node):
+        raise NotImplementedError("Profile writer plugin was not correctly implemented. No write was specified.")
diff --git a/plugins/CuraProfileReader/CuraProfileReader.py b/plugins/CuraProfileReader/CuraProfileReader.py
index c9b4e60046..9ff2955b22 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraProfileReader/CuraProfileReader.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraProfileReader/CuraProfileReader.py
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 from UM.Application import Application #To get the machine manager to create the new profile in.
 from UM.Logger import Logger
-from UM.Settings.ProfileReader import ProfileReader
+from cura.ProfileReader import ProfileReader
 
 
 ##  A plugin that reads profile data from Cura profile files.
@@ -25,16 +25,15 @@ class CuraProfileReader(ProfileReader):
     def read(self, file_name):
         # Create an empty profile.
         profile = Profile(machine_manager = Application.getInstance().getMachineManager(), read_only = False)
-        serialised = ""
         try:
             with open(file_name) as f:  # Open file for reading.
-                serialised = f.read()
+                serialized = f.read()
         except IOError as e:
             Logger.log("e", "Unable to open file %s for reading: %s", file_name, str(e))
             return None
         
         try:
-            profile.unserialise(serialised)
+            profile.deserialize(serialized)
         except Exception as e:  # Parsing error. This is not a (valid) Cura profile then.
             Logger.log("e", "Error while trying to parse profile: %s", str(e))
             return None
diff --git a/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py b/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
index c6c4244948..86b4f7dc89 100644
--- a/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
+++ b/plugins/CuraProfileWriter/CuraProfileWriter.py
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 from UM.Logger import Logger
 from UM.SaveFile import SaveFile
-from UM.Settings.ProfileWriter import ProfileWriter
+from cura.ProfileWriter import ProfileWriter
 
 
 ##  Writes profiles to Cura's own profile format with config files.