diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/auth/interface.py b/aiocraft/mc/auth/interface.py
index 3f40e02..8518129 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/auth/interface.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/auth/interface.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ class AuthInterface:
 			json={
 				"serverId": server_id,
 				"accessToken": self.accessToken,
-				"selectedProfile": self.selectedProfile.as_dict()
+				"selectedProfile": self.selectedProfile.serialize()
 			}
 		)
 
diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/auth/microsoft.py b/aiocraft/mc/auth/microsoft.py
index d44d6ec..be9711a 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/auth/microsoft.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/auth/microsoft.py
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ class MicrosoftAuthenticator(AuthInterface):
 		return {
 			'accessToken': self.accessToken,
 			'refreshToken': self.refreshToken,
-			'selectedProfile': self.selectedProfile.as_dict(),
+			'selectedProfile': self.selectedProfile.serialize(),
 		}
 
 	def deserialize(self, data:Dict[str, Any]):
diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/auth/mojang.py b/aiocraft/mc/auth/mojang.py
index 7905556..4a235da 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/auth/mojang.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/auth/mojang.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ class MojangAuthenticator(AuthInterface):
 			"username":self.username,
 			"accessToken":self.accessToken,
 			"clientToken":self.clientToken,
-			"selectedProfile": self.selectedProfile.as_dict(),
+			"selectedProfile": self.selectedProfile.serialize(),
 		}
 
 	def deserialize(self, data:Dict[str, Any]) -> AuthInterface:
diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/definitions.py b/aiocraft/mc/definitions.py
index 5997a52..62692b4 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/definitions.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/definitions.py
@@ -36,12 +36,12 @@ class GameProfile:
 	name : str
 
 	def __str__(self):
-		return json.dumps(self.as_dict(), indent=2)
+		return json.dumps(self.serialize(), indent=2)
 
 	def __repr__(self):
 		return f"GameProfile(id='{self.id}', name='{self.name}')"
 
-	def as_dict(self):
+	def serialize(self):
 		return {
 			"id": self.id,
 			"name": self.name
diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/packet.py b/aiocraft/mc/packet.py
index c0e60a2..86acb84 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/packet.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/packet.py
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Packet:
 		ctx = Context(_proto=proto)
 		for k, t in cls._definitions[proto]:
 			setattr(ctx, k, t.read(buffer, ctx=ctx))
-		return cls(proto, **ctx.as_dict())
+		return cls(proto, **ctx.serialize())
 		# return cls(proto, **{ name : t.read(buffer) for (name, t) in cls._definitions[proto] })
 
 	def serialize(self) -> io.BytesIO:
diff --git a/aiocraft/mc/types.py b/aiocraft/mc/types.py
index 8ffd6bb..84e211d 100644
--- a/aiocraft/mc/types.py
+++ b/aiocraft/mc/types.py
@@ -16,14 +16,14 @@ class Context(object):
 		for k, v in kwargs.items():
 			setattr(self, k, v)
 
-	def as_dict(self) -> dict:
+	def serialize(self) -> dict:
 		return vars(self) # is this reliable?
 
 	def __getattr__(self, name) -> Any:
 		return None # return None rather than raising an exc
 
 	def __str__(self) -> str:
-		return json.dumps(self.as_dict(), indent=2, default=str, sort_keys=True)
+		return json.dumps(self.serialize(), indent=2, default=str, sort_keys=True)
 
 	def __repr__(self) -> str:
 		values = ( f"{k}={repr(v)}" for k,v in vars(self).items() )