diff --git a/src/Project-Orion/serialization.cpp b/src/Project-Orion/serialization.cpp
index 2758fa7..6a493f1 100644
--- a/src/Project-Orion/serialization.cpp
+++ b/src/Project-Orion/serialization.cpp
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 #include <QJsonArray>
 #include <QJsonObject>
 
-UserList&& loadUserList(const QString &file)
+UserList loadUserList(const QString &file)
 {
     QFile doc{std::filesystem::path{file.toStdString()}};
     QString fileContents = doc.readAll();
@@ -23,10 +23,7 @@ UserList&& loadUserList(const QString &file)
         container.append(newUser);
     }
 
-    UserList returnObj;
-    returnObj.setList(container);
-
-    return std::move(returnObj);
+    return container;
 }
 
 void saveUserList(const UserList &list)
diff --git a/src/Project-Orion/serialization.h b/src/Project-Orion/serialization.h
index e8bba2c..674e88f 100644
--- a/src/Project-Orion/serialization.h
+++ b/src/Project-Orion/serialization.h
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 
 #include "userlist.h"
 
-UserList &&loadUserList(const QString &file);
+UserList loadUserList(const QString &file);
 void saveUserList(const UserList &list);
 
 #endif // SERIALIZATION_H
diff --git a/src/Project-Orion/userlist.cpp b/src/Project-Orion/userlist.cpp
index a063fc7..0ea10d8 100644
--- a/src/Project-Orion/userlist.cpp
+++ b/src/Project-Orion/userlist.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "userlist.h"
 
-UserList::UserList() {}
+UserList::UserList(const QVector<User> &list):
+    list{list}
+{}
 
 QVector<User> UserList::getList() const
 {
diff --git a/src/Project-Orion/userlist.h b/src/Project-Orion/userlist.h
index 18d3f43..6b0c155 100644
--- a/src/Project-Orion/userlist.h
+++ b/src/Project-Orion/userlist.h
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ class UserList: public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
 public:
-    UserList();
+    UserList(const QVector<User> &list);
 
     QVector<User> getList() const;
     void setList(const QVector<User> &newList);