diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Serializer/Normalizer/DoctrineExistingEntityNormalizer.php b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Serializer/Normalizer/DoctrineExistingEntityNormalizer.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d8c53ae56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/Serializer/Normalizer/DoctrineExistingEntityNormalizer.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer;
+
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\DenormalizerInterface;
+use Doctrine\ORM\EntityManagerInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\Serializer\Normalizer\AbstractNormalizer;
+use Doctrine\ORM\Mapping\ClassMetadata;
+
+
+class DoctrineExistingEntityNormalizer implements DenormalizerInterface
+{
+    private EntityManagerInterface $em;
+
+    public function __construct(EntityManagerInterface $em)
+    {
+        $this->em = $em;
+    }
+
+    public function denormalize($data, string $type, string $format = null, array $context = [])
+    {
+        if (\array_key_exists(AbstractNormalizer::OBJECT_TO_POPULATE, $context)) {
+            return $context[AbstractNormalizer::OBJECT_TO_POPULATE];
+        }
+
+        return $this->em->getRepository($type)
+            ->find($data['id']);
+    }
+
+    public function supportsDenormalization($data, string $type, string $format = null)
+    {
+        return \is_array($data)
+            && count($data) === 1 
+            && \array_key_exists('id', $data) 
+            && $this->em->getClassMetadata($type) instanceof ClassMetadata;
+    }
+    
+}
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services.yaml b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services.yaml
index 93a4ee4e4..10294e6a2 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services.yaml
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services.yaml
@@ -3,6 +3,12 @@ parameters:
 
 services:
 
+    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\:
+        resource: '../Serializer/Normalizer'
+        autowire: true
+        tags:
+            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }
+
     chill.main.helper.translatable_string:
         class: Chill\MainBundle\Templating\TranslatableStringHelper
         arguments:
diff --git a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services/serializer.yaml b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services/serializer.yaml
index fa30b876d..c7cc6ca63 100644
--- a/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services/serializer.yaml
+++ b/src/Bundle/ChillMainBundle/config/services/serializer.yaml
@@ -1,21 +1,11 @@
 ---
 services:
-    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\CenterNormalizer:
-        tags:
-            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }
+    
+    # note: the autowiring for serializers and normalizers is declared 
+    # into ../services.yaml
 
-    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\AddressNormalizer:
+    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\DoctrineExistingEntityNormalizer:
+        autowire: true
         tags:
-            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }
+            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 8 }
 
-    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\DateNormalizer:
-        tags:
-            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }
-
-    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\UserNormalizer:
-        tags:
-            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }
-
-    Chill\MainBundle\Serializer\Normalizer\CollectionNormalizer:
-        tags:
-            - { name: 'serializer.normalizer', priority: 64 }