diff --git a/build.gradle b/build.gradle
index 1d07a40..a7587d5 100644
--- a/build.gradle
+++ b/build.gradle
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ jar {
 compileKotlin {
     kotlinOptions {
         jvmTarget = "1.8"
+        freeCompilerArgs = ['-Xjvm-default=compatibility']
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/me/shedaniel/architect/plugin/TransformingTask.kt b/src/main/kotlin/me/shedaniel/architect/plugin/TransformingTask.kt
index 8500774..e2e7a42 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/me/shedaniel/architect/plugin/TransformingTask.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/me/shedaniel/architect/plugin/TransformingTask.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import org.gradle.api.tasks.InputFile
 import org.gradle.api.tasks.TaskAction
 import org.gradle.jvm.tasks.Jar
 import java.io.File
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream
+import java.io.Serializable
 import java.nio.file.Files
 import java.nio.file.Path
 import java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption
@@ -20,6 +22,7 @@ import kotlin.time.nanoseconds
 open class TransformingTask : Jar() {
     @InputFile
     val input: RegularFileProperty = GradleSupport.getFileProperty(project)
+
     @Input
     val transformers = mutableListOf<Transformer>()
 
@@ -107,6 +110,12 @@ fun Project.projectUniqueIdentifier(): String {
     return "architectury_inject_${name}_$id".filter { Character.isJavaIdentifierPart(it) }
 }
 
-typealias Transformer = (project: Project, input: Path, output: Path) -> Unit
+interface Transformer : Serializable {
+    operator fun invoke(project: Project, input: Path, output: Path)
+
+    @JvmDefault
+    fun writeObject(s: ObjectOutputStream) {
+    }
+}
 
 object TransformerStepSkipped : Throwable()
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