diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
index 9d716286..752e8e8e 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/ResponseBuilders/Response.cs
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ namespace WireMock.ResponseBuilders
 
                 case BodyDestinationFormat.Json:
                     ResponseMessage.BodyData.DetectedBodyType = BodyType.Json;
-                    ResponseMessage.BodyData.BodyAsJson = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(body);
+                    ResponseMessage.BodyData.BodyAsJson = JsonUtils.DeserializeObject(body);
                     break;
 
                 default:
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
index 94d94e19..94f4f9e1 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Server/FluentMockServer.Admin.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,6 @@
+using JetBrains.Annotations;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
@@ -5,9 +8,6 @@ using System.Linq;
 using System.Net.Http;
 using System.Text;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using JetBrains.Annotations;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
 using WireMock.Admin.Mappings;
 using WireMock.Admin.Scenarios;
 using WireMock.Admin.Settings;
@@ -179,8 +179,10 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
 
             _settings.Logger.Info($"Watching folder '{folder}'{includeSubdirectoriesText} for new, updated and deleted MappingFiles.");
 
-            var watcher = new EnhancedFileSystemWatcher(folder, "*.json", EnhancedFileSystemWatcherTimeoutMs);
-            watcher.IncludeSubdirectories = includeSubdirectories;
+            var watcher = new EnhancedFileSystemWatcher(folder, "*.json", EnhancedFileSystemWatcherTimeoutMs)
+            {
+                IncludeSubdirectories = includeSubdirectories
+            };
 
             watcher.Created += (sender, args) =>
             {
@@ -229,7 +231,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
 
             if (FileHelper.TryReadMappingFileWithRetryAndDelay(_settings.FileSystemHandler, path, out string value))
             {
-                var mappingModels = DeserializeObjectToArray<MappingModel>(JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(value));
+                var mappingModels = DeserializeObjectToArray<MappingModel>(JsonUtils.DeserializeObject(value));
                 foreach (var mappingModel in mappingModels)
                 {
                     if (mappingModels.Length == 1 && Guid.TryParse(filenameWithoutExtension, out Guid guidFromFilename))
@@ -882,7 +884,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Server
         {
             if (requestMessage?.BodyData?.DetectedBodyType == BodyType.String)
             {
-                return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsString);
+                return JsonUtils.DeserializeObject<T>(requestMessage.BodyData.BodyAsString);
             }
 
             if (requestMessage?.BodyData?.DetectedBodyType == BodyType.Json)
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
index 46534560..c9e5acb1 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/BodyParser.cs
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
             new WildcardMatcher("application/x-www-form-urlencoded", true)
         };
 
-        private static readonly JsonSerializerSettings JsonSerializerSettings = new JsonSerializerSettings { DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None };
-
         public static bool ShouldParseBody([CanBeNull] string httpMethod, bool allowBodyForAllHttpMethods)
         {
             if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(httpMethod))
@@ -147,7 +145,7 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        data.BodyAsJson = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(data.BodyAsString, JsonSerializerSettings);
+                        data.BodyAsJson = JsonUtils.DeserializeObject(data.BodyAsString);
                         data.DetectedBodyType = BodyType.Json;
                     }
                     catch
diff --git a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/JsonUtils.cs b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/JsonUtils.cs
index 3340f1da..09beeafb 100644
--- a/src/WireMock.Net/Util/JsonUtils.cs
+++ b/src/WireMock.Net/Util/JsonUtils.cs
@@ -25,6 +25,28 @@ namespace WireMock.Util
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<JToken>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
         }
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes the JSON to a .NET object.
+        /// Using : DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="json">A System.String that contains JSON.</param>
+        /// <returns>The deserialized object from the JSON string.</returns>
+        public static object DeserializeObject(string json)
+        {
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
+        }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Deserializes the JSON to the specified .NET type.
+        /// Using : DateParseHandling = DateParseHandling.None
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="json">A System.String that contains JSON.</param>
+        /// <returns>The deserialized object from the JSON string.</returns>
+        public static T DeserializeObject<T>(string json)
+        {
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(json, JsonSerializerSettings);
+        }
+
         public static T ParseJTokenToObject<T>(object value)
         {
             switch (value)