diff --git a/poetry.lock b/poetry.lock
index 2cce41a..d89d409 100644
--- a/poetry.lock
+++ b/poetry.lock
@@ -142,6 +142,19 @@ files = [
 docs = ["ipython", "matplotlib", "numpydoc", "sphinx"]
 tests = ["pytest", "pytest-cov", "pytest-xdist"]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "dacite"
+version = "1.8.1"
+description = "Simple creation of data classes from dictionaries."
+optional = false
+python-versions = ">=3.6"
+files = [
+    {file = "dacite-1.8.1-py3-none-any.whl", hash = "sha256:cc31ad6fdea1f49962ea42db9421772afe01ac5442380d9a99fcf3d188c61afe"},
+]
+
+[package.extras]
+dev = ["black", "coveralls", "mypy", "pre-commit", "pylint", "pytest (>=5)", "pytest-benchmark", "pytest-cov"]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "decorator"
 version = "5.1.1"
@@ -1235,4 +1248,4 @@ files = [
 [metadata]
 lock-version = "2.0"
 python-versions = ">=3.11, <3.13"
-content-hash = "4dc01682622b8aa364feedb15edecf3d3a9bffc9979e92bbbac118a43d0bbae8"
+content-hash = "f10a3cf403151d2c96c5c45a546860eaa3883d47cdc8d719a3e49ad0d4bb95d4"
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 56b31df..01ae05f 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ pyqtgraph = "^0.13.7"
 pytest = "^8.3.3"
 pglive = "^0.7.6"
 pyyaml = "^6.0.2"
+dacite = "^1.8.1"
 
 [tool.poetry.scripts]
 pyrelacs = "pyrelacs.app:main"