diff --git a/automated-testing-demo.sln b/automated-testing-demo.sln
index 8a46852..23f967e 100644
--- a/automated-testing-demo.sln
+++ b/automated-testing-demo.sln
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "producer", "producer\produc
 EndProject
 Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "consumer", "consumer\consumer.csproj", "{1F8DAF6D-67B2-43C4-ACFD-38B8541722C3}"
 EndProject
+Project("{FAE04EC0-301F-11D3-BF4B-00C04F79EFBC}") = "shared", "shared\shared.csproj", "{6958D7C2-23D8-4383-9F03-6395DE86FD63}"
+EndProject
 Global
 	GlobalSection(SolutionConfigurationPlatforms) = preSolution
 		Debug|Any CPU = Debug|Any CPU
@@ -24,5 +26,9 @@ Global
 		{1F8DAF6D-67B2-43C4-ACFD-38B8541722C3}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
 		{1F8DAF6D-67B2-43C4-ACFD-38B8541722C3}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
 		{1F8DAF6D-67B2-43C4-ACFD-38B8541722C3}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
+		{6958D7C2-23D8-4383-9F03-6395DE86FD63}.Debug|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Debug|Any CPU
+		{6958D7C2-23D8-4383-9F03-6395DE86FD63}.Debug|Any CPU.Build.0 = Debug|Any CPU
+		{6958D7C2-23D8-4383-9F03-6395DE86FD63}.Release|Any CPU.ActiveCfg = Release|Any CPU
+		{6958D7C2-23D8-4383-9F03-6395DE86FD63}.Release|Any CPU.Build.0 = Release|Any CPU
 	EndGlobalSection
 EndGlobal
diff --git a/consumer/consumer.csproj b/consumer/consumer.csproj
index 42e331e..0d62398 100644
--- a/consumer/consumer.csproj
+++ b/consumer/consumer.csproj
@@ -12,4 +12,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="MongoDB.Driver" Version="2.26.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\shared\shared.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/producer/Model/DataModel.cs b/producer/Model/DataModel.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index 7e473f3..0000000
--- a/producer/Model/DataModel.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-namespace Model
-{
-    public class DataModel 
-    {
-        public DataModel(string id)
-        {
-            this.id = id;
-        }
-
-        public string id { get; set; }
-
-        public string? name { get; set; }
-
-        public string? description { get; set; }
-
-        public string? notes { get; set; }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/producer/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs b/producer/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs
deleted file mode 100644
index f2ac15c..0000000
--- a/producer/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-using Confluent.Kafka;
-using System.Text.Json;
-
-namespace Serializers
-{
-    public class JsonSerializer<T> : ISerializer<T>, IDeserializer<T>
-    {
-        public byte[] Serialize(T data, SerializationContext context)
-        {
-            return JsonSerializer.SerializeToUtf8Bytes(data);
-        }
-
-        public T Deserialize(ReadOnlySpan<byte> data, bool isNull, SerializationContext context)
-        {
-            if (!isNull)
-            {
-                return JsonSerializer.Deserialize<T>(data);
-            }
-            throw new Exception ("Data cannot be null");
-        }
-    }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/producer/producer.csproj b/producer/producer.csproj
index 1a950b2..3c33d07 100644
--- a/producer/producer.csproj
+++ b/producer/producer.csproj
@@ -11,4 +11,8 @@
     <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.4.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <ProjectReference Include="..\shared\shared.csproj" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>
diff --git a/consumer/Model/DataModel.cs b/shared/Model/DataModel.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from consumer/Model/DataModel.cs
rename to shared/Model/DataModel.cs
diff --git a/consumer/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs b/shared/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs
similarity index 100%
rename from consumer/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs
rename to shared/Serializer/JsonSerializer.cs
diff --git a/shared/shared.csproj b/shared/shared.csproj
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fdab8e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/shared/shared.csproj
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<Project Sdk="Microsoft.NET.Sdk">
+
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <TargetFramework>net8.0</TargetFramework>
+    <ImplicitUsings>enable</ImplicitUsings>
+    <Nullable>enable</Nullable>
+  </PropertyGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <PackageReference Include="Confluent.Kafka" Version="2.4.0" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+</Project>