diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/JsonPointConverter.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/JsonPointConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..57b91958d8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/JsonPointConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+// Copyright (c) ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>. Licensed under the MIT Licence.
+// See the LICENCE file in the repository root for full licence text.
+
+using System;
+using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Drawing;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Tournament
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// We made a change from using SixLabors.ImageSharp.Point to System.Drawing.Point at some stage.
+    /// This handles converting to a standardised format on json serialize/deserialize operations.
+    /// </summary>
+    internal class JsonPointConverter : JsonConverter<Point>
+    {
+        public override void WriteJson(JsonWriter writer, Point value, JsonSerializer serializer)
+        {
+            // use the format of LaborSharp's Point since it is nicer.
+            serializer.Serialize(writer, new SixLabors.ImageSharp.Point(value.X, value.Y));
+        }
+
+        public override Point ReadJson(JsonReader reader, Type objectType, Point existingValue, bool hasExistingValue, JsonSerializer serializer)
+        {
+            if (reader.TokenType != JsonToken.StartObject)
+            {
+                // if there's no object present then this is using string representation (System.Drawing.Point serializes to "x,y")
+                string str = (string)reader.Value;
+
+                Debug.Assert(str != null);
+
+                var split = str.Split(',');
+
+                return new Point(int.Parse(split[0]), int.Parse(split[1]));
+            }
+
+            var point = new Point();
+
+            while (reader.Read())
+            {
+                if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.EndObject) break;
+
+                if (reader.TokenType == JsonToken.PropertyName)
+                {
+                    var name = reader.Value?.ToString();
+                    int? val = reader.ReadAsInt32();
+
+                    if (val == null)
+                        continue;
+
+                    switch (name)
+                    {
+                        case "X":
+                            point.X = val.Value;
+                            break;
+
+                        case "Y":
+                            point.Y = val.Value;
+                            break;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            return point;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
index dbda6aa023..bc36f27e5b 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tournament/TournamentGameBase.cs
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using osu.Framework.Allocation;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics.Textures;
 using osu.Framework.Input;
-using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Framework.IO.Stores;
+using osu.Framework.Platform;
 using osu.Game.Beatmaps;
 using osu.Game.Online.API.Requests;
-using osu.Game.Tournament.IPC;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.IO;
+using osu.Game.Tournament.IPC;
 using osu.Game.Tournament.Models;
 using osu.Game.Users;
 using osuTK.Input;
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament
             {
                 using (Stream stream = storage.GetStream(bracket_filename, FileAccess.Read, FileMode.Open))
                 using (var sr = new StreamReader(stream))
-                    ladder = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LadderInfo>(sr.ReadToEnd());
+                    ladder = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<LadderInfo>(sr.ReadToEnd(), new JsonPointConverter());
             }
 
             ladder ??= new LadderInfo();
@@ -251,6 +251,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tournament
                         Formatting = Formatting.Indented,
                         NullValueHandling = NullValueHandling.Ignore,
                         DefaultValueHandling = DefaultValueHandling.Ignore,
+                        Converters = new JsonConverter[] { new JsonPointConverter() }
                     }));
             }
         }