diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index b1200ca0..40c348b8 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "GraphTensorNetworks"
 uuid = "0978c8c2-34f6-49c7-9826-ea2cc20dabd2"
 authors = ["GiggleLiu <cacate0129@gmail.com> and contributors"]
-version = "0.2.8"
+version = "0.2.9"
 
 [deps]
 AbstractTrees = "1520ce14-60c1-5f80-bbc7-55ef81b5835c"
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ Primes = "27ebfcd6-29c5-5fa9-bf4b-fb8fc14df3ae"
 Random = "9a3f8284-a2c9-5f02-9a11-845980a1fd5c"
 Requires = "ae029012-a4dd-5104-9daa-d747884805df"
 SIMDTypes = "94e857df-77ce-4151-89e5-788b33177be4"
+Serialization = "9e88b42a-f829-5b0c-bbe9-9e923198166b"
 StatsBase = "2913bbd2-ae8a-5f71-8c99-4fb6c76f3a91"
 TropicalNumbers = "b3a74e9c-7526-4576-a4eb-79c0d4c32334"
 Viznet = "52a3aca4-6234-47fd-b74a-806bdf78ede9"
diff --git a/docs/src/performancetips.md b/docs/src/performancetips.md
index 983956c8..1c2db004 100644
--- a/docs/src/performancetips.md
+++ b/docs/src/performancetips.md
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ Key word argument `optimizer` decides the contraction order optimizer of the ten
 Here, we choose the `TreeSA` optimizer to optimize the tensor network contraciton tree, it is a local search based algorithm.
 It is one of the state of the art tensor network contraction order optimizers, one may check [arXiv: 2108.05665](https://arxiv.org/abs/2108.05665) to learn more about the algorithm.
 Other optimizers include
-* [`GreedyMethod`](@ref) (default, fastest in searching speed but worse in contraction order)
-* [`TreeSA`](@ref)
+* [`GreedyMethod`](@ref) (default, fastest in searching speed but worst in contraction complexity)
+* [`TreeSA`](@ref) (often best in contraction complexity, supports slicing)
 * [`KaHyParBipartite`](@ref)
 * [`SABipartite`](@ref)
 
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ julia> timespacereadwrite_complexity(problem)
 ```
 
 The return values are `log2` of the the number of iterations, the number elements in the largest tensor during contraction and the number of read-write operations to tensor elements.
-In this example, the number of `+` and `*` operations are both `\sim 2^{21.9}`
-and the number of read-write operations are `\sim 2^{20}`.
+In this example, the number of `+` and `*` operations are both ``\sim 2^{21.9}``
+and the number of read-write operations are ``\sim 2^{20}``.
 The largest tensor size is ``2^17``, one can check the element size by typing
 ```julia
 julia> sizeof(TropicalF64)
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ julia> lineplot(hamming_distribution(samples, samples))
 ```
 
 ## Multiprocessing
-Submodule `GraphTensorNetworks.SimpleMutiprocessing` provides a function [`multiprocess_run`](@ref) function for simple multi-processing jobs.
+Submodule `GraphTensorNetworks.SimpleMutiprocessing` provides a function [`GraphTensorNetworks.SimpleMultiprocessing.multiprocess_run`](@ref) function for simple multi-processing jobs.
 Suppose we want to find the independence polynomial for multiple graphs with 4 processes.
 We can create a file, e.g. named `run.jl` with the following content
 
@@ -190,4 +190,4 @@ CUDA backended properties are
 * [`CountingAll`](@ref)
 * [`CountingMax`](@ref)
 * [`GraphPolynomial`](@ref)
-* [`SingleConfigMax`](@ref)
\ No newline at end of file
+* [`SingleConfigMax`](@ref)
diff --git a/docs/src/ref.md b/docs/src/ref.md
index 16005d9f..b2f5c036 100644
--- a/docs/src/ref.md
+++ b/docs/src/ref.md
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ StaticBitVector
 StaticElementVector
 save_configs
 load_configs
+save_sumproduct
+load_sumproduct
 @bv_str
 onehotv
 
diff --git a/examples/IndependentSet.jl b/examples/IndependentSet.jl
index 3d488553..5ba27230 100644
--- a/examples/IndependentSet.jl
+++ b/examples/IndependentSet.jl
@@ -135,10 +135,12 @@ all_independent_sets_tree = solve(problem, ConfigsAll(; tree_storage=true))[]
 # The results encode the configurations in the sum-product-tree format. One can count and enumerate them explicitly by typing
 length(all_independent_sets_tree)
 
-# 
+# Then one can use `Base.collect` function to create a [`ConfigEnumerator`](@ref) or use [`generate_samples`](@ref) to generate samples from it.
 
 collect(all_independent_sets_tree)
 
+generate_samples(all_independent_sets_tree, 10)
+
 # One can use [`save_configs`](@ref) and [`load_configs`](@ref) to save and read a set of configuration to disk.
 filename = tempname()
 
diff --git a/src/GraphTensorNetworks.jl b/src/GraphTensorNetworks.jl
index 1a7dd091..25e48b8e 100644
--- a/src/GraphTensorNetworks.jl
+++ b/src/GraphTensorNetworks.jl
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using TropicalNumbers
 using OMEinsum
 using OMEinsum: timespace_complexity, getixsv
 using Graphs, Random
+using DelimitedFiles, Serialization
 
 # OMEinsum
 export timespace_complexity, timespacereadwrite_complexity, @ein_str, getixsv, getiyv
@@ -48,7 +49,7 @@ export is_matching
 export solve, SizeMax, SizeMin, CountingAll, CountingMax, CountingMin, GraphPolynomial, SingleConfigMax, SingleConfigMin, ConfigsAll, ConfigsMax, ConfigsMin
 
 # Utilities
-export save_configs, load_configs, hamming_distribution
+export save_configs, load_configs, hamming_distribution, save_sumproduct, load_sumproduct
 
 # Visualization
 export show_graph, spring_layout
@@ -64,6 +65,7 @@ include("configurations.jl")
 include("graphs.jl")
 include("bounding.jl")
 include("visualize.jl")
+include("fileio.jl")
 include("interfaces.jl")
 include("deprecate.jl")
 include("multiprocessing.jl")
diff --git a/src/arithematics.jl b/src/arithematics.jl
index 15924622..e45c2241 100644
--- a/src/arithematics.jl
+++ b/src/arithematics.jl
@@ -297,7 +297,6 @@ function collect_geq!(res, A, B, mB, low)
     K = length(A)
     k = 1   # TODO: we should tighten mA, mB later!
     Ak = A[K-k+1]
-    Bq = B[K-mB+1]
     l = 0
     for q = K-mB+1:-1:1
         Bq = B[K-q+1]
@@ -587,29 +586,48 @@ function printnode(io::IO, t::SumProductTree{ET}) where {ET}
     end
 end
 
-# it must be mutable, otherwise the `IdDict` trick for computing the length does not work.
-Base.length(x::SumProductTree) = _length!(x, IdDict{typeof(x), Int}())
+# it must be mutable, otherwise, objectid might be slow serialization might fail.
+# IdDict is much slower than Dict, it is useless.
+Base.length(x::SumProductTree) = _length!(x, Dict{UInt, Float64}())
 
 function _length!(x, d)
-    haskey(d, x) && return d[x]
+    id = objectid(x)
+    haskey(d, id) && return d[id]
     if x.tag === SUM
         l = _length!(x.left, d) + _length!(x.right, d)
-        d[x] = l
+        d[id] = l
         return l
     elseif x.tag === PROD
         l = _length!(x.left, d) * _length!(x.right, d)
-        d[x] = l
+        d[id] = l
         return l
     elseif x.tag === ZERO
-        return 0
+        return 0.0
     else
-        return 1
+        return 1.0
     end
 end
 
-num_nodes(x::SumProductTree) = _num_nodes(x, IdDict{typeof(x), Int}())
+function _find_branch(x, d)
+    if x.tag === ZERO
+        return true, 0.0
+    elseif x.tag === ONE || x.tag === LEAF
+        return true, 1.0
+    else
+        idl = objectid(x.left)
+        if haskey(d, idl)
+            return true, d[idl]
+        else
+            return false, 0.0
+        end
+    end
+end
+
+
+num_nodes(x::SumProductTree) = _num_nodes(x, Dict{UInt, Int}())
 function _num_nodes(x, d)
-    haskey(d, x) && return 0
+    id = objectid(x)
+    haskey(d, id) && return 0
     if x.tag == ZERO || x.tag == ONE
         res = 1
     elseif x.tag == LEAF
@@ -617,7 +635,7 @@ function _num_nodes(x, d)
     else
         res = _num_nodes(x.left, d) + _num_nodes(x.right, d) + 1
     end
-    d[x] = res
+    d[id] = res
     return res
 end
 
@@ -708,33 +726,46 @@ true
 function generate_samples(t::SumProductTree{ET}, nsamples::Int) where {ET}
     # get length dict
     res = fill(_data_one(ET), nsamples)
-    d = IdDict{typeof(t), Int}()
+    d = Dict{UInt, Float64}()
     sample_descend!(res, t, d)
     return res
 end
 
-function sample_descend!(res::AbstractVector, t::SumProductTree, d::IdDict)
-    length(res) == 0 && return res
-    if t.tag == LEAF
-        res .|= Ref(t.data)
-    elseif t.tag == SUM
-        ratio = _length!(t.left, d)/_length!(t, d)
-        nleft = 0
-        for _ = 1:length(res)
-            if rand() < ratio
-                nleft += 1
+function sample_descend!(res::AbstractVector, t::SumProductTree, d::Dict)
+    res_stack = Any[res]
+    t_stack = [t]
+    while !isempty(t_stack) && !isempty(res_stack)
+        t = pop!(t_stack)
+        res = pop!(res_stack)
+        if t.tag == LEAF
+            res .|= Ref(t.data)
+        elseif t.tag == SUM
+            ratio = _length!(t.left, d)/_length!(t, d)
+            nleft = 0
+            for _ = 1:length(res)
+                if rand() < ratio
+                    nleft += 1
+                end
+            end
+            shuffle!(res)  # shuffle the `res` to avoid biased sampling, very important.
+            if nleft >= 1
+                push!(res_stack, view(res,1:nleft))
+                push!(t_stack, t.left)
+            end
+            if length(res) > nleft
+                push!(res_stack, view(res,nleft+1:length(res)))
+                push!(t_stack, t.right)
             end
+        elseif t.tag == PROD
+            push!(res_stack, res)
+            push!(res_stack, res)
+            push!(t_stack, t.left)
+            push!(t_stack, t.right)
+        elseif t.tag == ZERO
+            error("Meet zero when descending.")
+        else
+            # pass for 1
         end
-        shuffle!(res)  # shuffle the `res` to avoid biased sampling, very important.
-        sample_descend!(view(res,1:nleft), t.left, d)
-        sample_descend!(view(res,nleft+1:length(res)), t.right, d)
-    elseif t.tag == PROD
-        sample_descend!(res, t.right, d)
-        sample_descend!(res, t.left, d)
-    elseif t.tag == ZERO
-        error("Meet zero when descending.")
-    else
-        # pass for 1
     end
     return res
 end
diff --git a/src/fileio.jl b/src/fileio.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9bfa6232
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/fileio.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,125 @@
+"""
+    save_configs(filename, data::ConfigEnumerator; format=:binary)
+
+Save configurations `data` to file `filename`. The format is `:binary` or `:text`.
+"""
+function save_configs(filename, data::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}; format::Symbol=:binary) where {N,S,C}
+    if format == :binary
+        write(filename, raw_matrix(data))
+    elseif format == :text
+        writedlm(filename, plain_matrix(data))
+    else
+        error("format must be `:binary` or `:text`, got `:$format`")
+    end
+end
+
+"""
+    load_configs(filename; format=:binary, bitlength=nothing, nflavors=2)
+
+Load configurations from file `filename`. The format is `:binary` or `:text`.
+If the format is `:binary`, the bitstring length `bitlength` must be specified,
+`nflavors` specifies the degree of freedom.
+"""
+function load_configs(filename; bitlength=nothing, format::Symbol=:binary, nflavors=2)
+    if format == :binary
+        bitlength === nothing && error("you need to specify `bitlength` for reading configurations from binary files.")
+        S = ceil(Int, log2(nflavors))
+        C = _nints(bitlength, S)
+        return _from_raw_matrix(StaticElementVector{bitlength,S,C}, reshape(reinterpret(UInt64, read(filename)),C,:))
+    elseif format == :text
+        return from_plain_matrix(readdlm(filename); nflavors=nflavors)
+    else
+        error("format must be `:binary` or `:text`, got `:$format`")
+    end
+end
+
+function raw_matrix(x::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}) where {N,S,C}
+    m = zeros(UInt64, C, length(x))
+    @inbounds for i=1:length(x), j=1:C
+        m[j,i] = x.data[i].data[j]
+    end
+    return m
+end
+function plain_matrix(x::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}) where {N,S,C}
+    m = zeros(UInt8, N, length(x))
+    @inbounds for i=1:length(x), j=1:N
+        m[j,i] = x.data[i][j]
+    end
+    return m
+end
+
+function from_raw_matrix(m; bitlength, nflavors=2)
+    S = ceil(Int,log2(nflavors))
+    C = size(m, 1)
+    T = StaticElementVector{bitlength,S,C}
+    @assert bitlength*S <= C*64
+    _from_raw_matrix(T, m)
+end
+function _from_raw_matrix(::Type{StaticElementVector{N,S,C}}, m::AbstractMatrix) where {N,S,C}
+    data = zeros(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, size(m, 2))
+    @inbounds for i=1:size(m, 2)
+        data[i] = StaticElementVector{N,S,C}(NTuple{C,UInt64}(view(m,:,i)))
+    end
+    return ConfigEnumerator(data)
+end
+function from_plain_matrix(m::Matrix; nflavors=2)
+    S = ceil(Int,log2(nflavors))
+    N = size(m, 1)
+    C = _nints(N, S)
+    T = StaticElementVector{N,S,C}
+    _from_plain_matrix(T, m)
+end
+function _from_plain_matrix(::Type{StaticElementVector{N,S,C}}, m::AbstractMatrix) where {N,S,C}
+    data = zeros(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, size(m, 2))
+    @inbounds for i=1:size(m, 2)
+        data[i] = convert(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, view(m, :, i))
+    end
+    return ConfigEnumerator(data)
+end
+
+# convert to Matrix
+Base.Matrix(ce::ConfigEnumerator) = plain_matrix(ce)
+Base.Vector(ce::StaticElementVector) = collect(ce)
+
+########## saving tree ####################
+"""
+    save_sumproduct(filename, t::SumProductTree)
+
+Serialize a sum-product tree into a file.
+"""
+save_sumproduct(filename::String, t::SumProductTree) = serialize(filename, dict_serialize_tree!(t, Dict{UInt,Any}()))
+
+"""
+    load_sumproduct(filename)
+
+Deserialize a sum-product tree from a file.
+"""
+load_sumproduct(filename::String) = dict_deserialize_tree(deserialize(filename)...)
+
+function dict_serialize_tree!(t::SumProductTree, d::Dict)
+    id = objectid(t)
+    if !haskey(d, id)
+        if t.tag === GraphTensorNetworks.LEAF || t.tag === GraphTensorNetworks.ZERO || t.tag == GraphTensorNetworks.ONE
+            d[id] = t
+        else
+            d[id] = (t.tag, objectid(t.left), objectid(t.right))
+            dict_serialize_tree!(t.left, d)
+            dict_serialize_tree!(t.right, d)
+        end
+    end
+    return id, d
+end
+
+function dict_deserialize_tree(id::UInt, d::Dict)
+    @assert haskey(d, id)
+    content = d[id]
+    if content isa SumProductTree
+        return content
+    else
+        (tag, left, right) = content
+        t = SumProductTree(tag, dict_deserialize_tree(left, d), dict_deserialize_tree(right, d))
+        d[id] = t
+        return t
+    end
+end
+
diff --git a/src/interfaces.jl b/src/interfaces.jl
index e4f29bb0..dd4e5fe3 100644
--- a/src/interfaces.jl
+++ b/src/interfaces.jl
@@ -313,91 +313,6 @@ It is a shorthand of `solve(problem, CountingMax(); usecuda=false)`.
 """
 max_size_count(m::GraphProblem; usecuda=false) = (r = sum(solve(m, CountingMax(); usecuda=usecuda)); (Int(r.n), Int(r.c)))
 
-using DelimitedFiles
-
-"""
-    save_configs(filename, data::ConfigEnumerator; format=:binary)
-
-Save configurations `data` to file `filename`. The format is `:binary` or `:text`.
-"""
-function save_configs(filename, data::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}; format::Symbol=:binary) where {N,S,C}
-    if format == :binary
-        write(filename, raw_matrix(data))
-    elseif format == :text
-        writedlm(filename, plain_matrix(data))
-    else
-        error("format must be `:binary` or `:text`, got `:$format`")
-    end
-end
-
-"""
-    load_configs(filename; format=:binary, bitlength=nothing, nflavors=2)
-
-Load configurations from file `filename`. The format is `:binary` or `:text`.
-If the format is `:binary`, the bitstring length `bitlength` must be specified,
-`nflavors` specifies the degree of freedom.
-"""
-function load_configs(filename; bitlength=nothing, format::Symbol=:binary, nflavors=2)
-    if format == :binary
-        bitlength === nothing && error("you need to specify `bitlength` for reading configurations from binary files.")
-        S = ceil(Int, log2(nflavors))
-        C = _nints(bitlength, S)
-        return _from_raw_matrix(StaticElementVector{bitlength,S,C}, reshape(reinterpret(UInt64, read(filename)),C,:))
-    elseif format == :text
-        return from_plain_matrix(readdlm(filename); nflavors=nflavors)
-    else
-        error("format must be `:binary` or `:text`, got `:$format`")
-    end
-end
-
-function raw_matrix(x::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}) where {N,S,C}
-    m = zeros(UInt64, C, length(x))
-    @inbounds for i=1:length(x), j=1:C
-        m[j,i] = x.data[i].data[j]
-    end
-    return m
-end
-function plain_matrix(x::ConfigEnumerator{N,S,C}) where {N,S,C}
-    m = zeros(UInt8, N, length(x))
-    @inbounds for i=1:length(x), j=1:N
-        m[j,i] = x.data[i][j]
-    end
-    return m
-end
-
-function from_raw_matrix(m; bitlength, nflavors=2)
-    S = ceil(Int,log2(nflavors))
-    C = size(m, 1)
-    T = StaticElementVector{bitlength,S,C}
-    @assert bitlength*S <= C*64
-    _from_raw_matrix(T, m)
-end
-function _from_raw_matrix(::Type{StaticElementVector{N,S,C}}, m::AbstractMatrix) where {N,S,C}
-    data = zeros(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, size(m, 2))
-    @inbounds for i=1:size(m, 2)
-        data[i] = StaticElementVector{N,S,C}(NTuple{C,UInt64}(view(m,:,i)))
-    end
-    return ConfigEnumerator(data)
-end
-function from_plain_matrix(m::Matrix; nflavors=2)
-    S = ceil(Int,log2(nflavors))
-    N = size(m, 1)
-    C = _nints(N, S)
-    T = StaticElementVector{N,S,C}
-    _from_plain_matrix(T, m)
-end
-function _from_plain_matrix(::Type{StaticElementVector{N,S,C}}, m::AbstractMatrix) where {N,S,C}
-    data = zeros(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, size(m, 2))
-    @inbounds for i=1:size(m, 2)
-        data[i] = convert(StaticElementVector{N,S,C}, view(m, :, i))
-    end
-    return ConfigEnumerator(data)
-end
-
-# convert to Matrix
-Base.Matrix(ce::ConfigEnumerator) = plain_matrix(ce)
-Base.Vector(ce::StaticElementVector) = collect(ce)
-
 ########## memory estimation ###############
 """
     estimate_memory(problem, property; T=Float64)
diff --git a/test/fileio.jl b/test/fileio.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..2a3feba1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fileio.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+using GraphTensorNetworks, Graphs, Test
+
+@testset "save load" begin
+    M = 10
+    fname = tempname()
+    m = ConfigEnumerator([StaticBitVector(rand(Bool, 300)) for i=1:M])
+    bm = GraphTensorNetworks.plain_matrix(m)
+    rm = GraphTensorNetworks.raw_matrix(m)
+    m1 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_raw_matrix(rm; bitlength=300, nflavors=2)
+    m2 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_plain_matrix(bm; nflavors=2)
+    @test m1 == m
+    @test m2 == m
+    save_configs(fname, m; format=:binary)
+    @test_throws ErrorException load_configs("_test.bin"; format=:binary)
+    ma = load_configs(fname; format=:binary, bitlength=300, nflavors=2)
+    @test ma == m
+
+    fname = tempname()
+    save_configs(fname, m; format=:text)
+    mb = load_configs(fname; format=:text, nflavors=2)
+    @test mb == m
+
+    M = 10
+    m = ConfigEnumerator([StaticElementVector(3, rand(0:2, 300)) for i=1:M])
+    bm = GraphTensorNetworks.plain_matrix(m)
+    rm = GraphTensorNetworks.raw_matrix(m)
+    m1 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_raw_matrix(rm; bitlength=300, nflavors=3)
+    m2 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_plain_matrix(bm; nflavors=3)
+    @test m1 == m
+    @test m2 == m
+    @test Matrix(m) == bm
+    @test Vector(m.data[1]) == bm[:,1]
+
+    fname = tempname()
+    save_configs(fname, m; format=:binary)
+    @test_throws ErrorException load_configs(fname; format=:binary)
+    ma = load_configs(fname; format=:binary, bitlength=300, nflavors=3)
+    @test ma == m
+
+    fname = tempname()
+    save_configs(fname, m; format=:text)
+    mb = load_configs(fname; format=:text, nflavors=3)
+    @test mb == m
+end
+
+@testset "save load tree" begin
+    fname = tempname()
+    tree = solve(IndependentSet(smallgraph(:petersen)), ConfigsAll(; tree_storage=true))[]
+    save_sumproduct(fname, tree)
+    ma = load_sumproduct(fname)
+    @test ma == tree
+end
+
diff --git a/test/interfaces.jl b/test/interfaces.jl
index 9d9aa844..eed54ba6 100644
--- a/test/interfaces.jl
+++ b/test/interfaces.jl
@@ -44,45 +44,6 @@ using Graphs, Test
     end
 end
 
-@testset "save load" begin
-    M = 10
-    m = ConfigEnumerator([StaticBitVector(rand(Bool, 300)) for i=1:M])
-    bm = GraphTensorNetworks.plain_matrix(m)
-    rm = GraphTensorNetworks.raw_matrix(m)
-    m1 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_raw_matrix(rm; bitlength=300, nflavors=2)
-    m2 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_plain_matrix(bm; nflavors=2)
-    @test m1 == m
-    @test m2 == m
-    save_configs("_test.bin", m; format=:binary)
-    @test_throws ErrorException load_configs("_test.bin"; format=:binary)
-    ma = load_configs("_test.bin"; format=:binary, bitlength=300, nflavors=2)
-    @test ma == m
-
-    save_configs("_test.txt", m; format=:text)
-    mb = load_configs("_test.txt"; format=:text, nflavors=2)
-    @test mb == m
-
-    M = 10
-    m = ConfigEnumerator([StaticElementVector(3, rand(0:2, 300)) for i=1:M])
-    bm = GraphTensorNetworks.plain_matrix(m)
-    rm = GraphTensorNetworks.raw_matrix(m)
-    m1 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_raw_matrix(rm; bitlength=300, nflavors=3)
-    m2 = GraphTensorNetworks.from_plain_matrix(bm; nflavors=3)
-    @test m1 == m
-    @test m2 == m
-    @test Matrix(m) == bm
-    @test Vector(m.data[1]) == bm[:,1]
-
-    save_configs("_test.bin", m; format=:binary)
-    @test_throws ErrorException load_configs("_test.bin"; format=:binary)
-    ma = load_configs("_test.bin"; format=:binary, bitlength=300, nflavors=3)
-    @test ma == m
-
-    save_configs("_test.txt", m; format=:text)
-    mb = load_configs("_test.txt"; format=:text, nflavors=3)
-    @test mb == m
-end
-
 @testset "slicing" begin
     g = Graphs.smallgraph("petersen")
     gp = IndependentSet(g; optimizer=TreeSA(nslices=5, ntrials=1))
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index 1a84d207..673fa210 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -37,6 +37,10 @@ end
     include("visualize.jl")
 end
 
+@testset "fileio" begin
+    include("fileio.jl")
+end
+
 @testset "multiprocessing" begin
     include("multiprocessing.jl")
 end