diff --git a/src/spike_beans/components.py b/src/spike_beans/components.py
index b8432af..9cc3566 100755
--- a/src/spike_beans/components.py
+++ b/src/spike_beans/components.py
@@ -66,19 +66,21 @@ class FilterStack(base.Component):
                                    base.HasAttributes("signal"))
 
     def __init__(self):
-        self._filters = []
+        self.filters = []
+        self._filter_functions = []
         self._signal = None
         super(FilterStack, self).__init__()
 
     def add_filter(self, filt, *args, **kwargs):
         # type checking
         if hasattr(filt, "__call__"):
-            self._filters.append(lambda signal: filt(signal, *args, **kwargs))
+            filter_func = filt
+            filter_descr = {'type': filter_func.__name__}
         elif isinstance(filt, str):
             try:
                 filter_func = filters.__getattribute__("flt" + filt)
-                self._filters.append(
-                    lambda signal: filter_func(signal, *args, **kwargs))
+                filter_descr = {'type': filt}
+                self._filter_functions.append(lambda signal: filter_func(signal, *args, **kwargs))
             except AttributeError:
                 raise AttributeError("No such method found in 'core.filters':"
                                      + " flt" + filt)
@@ -86,10 +88,14 @@ def add_filter(self, filt, *args, **kwargs):
             raise TypeError(("Unsupported argument type: %s." % type(filt)) +
                             "Only string or callable are accepted")
 
+        filter_descr.update({'args': args, 'extra_args': kwargs})
+        self.filters.append(filter_descr)
+        self._filter_functions.append(lambda signal: filter_func(signal, *args, **kwargs))
+
     def read_signal(self):
         if self._signal is None:
             self._signal = self.raw_src.signal
-            for filt in self._filters:
+            for filt in self._filter_functions:
                 self._signal = filt(self._signal)
         return self._signal
 
diff --git a/tests/test_components.py b/tests/test_components.py
index e44a1c5..aa76035 100644
--- a/tests/test_components.py
+++ b/tests/test_components.py
@@ -181,6 +181,22 @@ def test_filter_stack_add_filter_string():
     # only tests that filtering has changed a signal
     ok_(np.linalg.norm(io.signal['data'] - io_filter.signal['data']) > 0.)
 
+@with_setup(setup, teardown)
+def test_filter_stack_is_json_serializable():
+    io = DummySignalSource()
+    base.features.Provide("RawSource", io)
+
+    def custom_filter(): pass
+
+    io_filter = components.FilterStack()
+    io_filter.add_filter("LinearIIR", 800., 300.)
+    io_filter.add_filter(custom_filter)
+    filter_json = json.dumps(io_filter.filters)
+    filter_descr = json.loads(filter_json)
+
+    assert filter_descr[0]['type'] == 'LinearIIR'
+    assert filter_descr[1]['type'] == 'custom_filter'
+
 @with_setup(setup, teardown)
 def test_filter_stack_add_filter_attribute_error():
     io = DummySignalSource()