diff --git a/api/params_test.go b/api/params_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..df884878b4317cf1b984771db02285b7391b00c9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/api/params_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+// Copyright © 2020 xx network SEZC                                          //
+//                                                                           //
+// Use of this source code is governed by a license that can be found in the //
+// LICENSE file                                                              //
+///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+package api
+
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+func TestParams_MarshalUnmarshal(t *testing.T) {
+	p := GetDefaultParams()
+	data, err := json.Marshal(p)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal error: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("%s", string(data))
+
+	received := GetDefaultParams()
+	err = json.Unmarshal(data, &received)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Unmarshal error: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	data2, err := json.Marshal(received)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Marshal error: %+v", err)
+	}
+
+	t.Logf("%s", string(data2))
+
+}
diff --git a/fileTransfer/params.go b/fileTransfer/params.go
index 754bb88db3d45c75f3e47454f45bf4cf6170e830..8e54d5d02c9430224f526008d9138cb35e08e1ce 100644
--- a/fileTransfer/params.go
+++ b/fileTransfer/params.go
@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@
 
 package fileTransfer
 
-import "time"
+import (
+	"encoding/json"
+	"time"
+)
 
 const (
 	defaultMaxThroughput = 150_000 // 150 kB per second
@@ -26,6 +29,12 @@ type Params struct {
 	SendTimeout time.Duration
 }
 
+// paramsDisk will be the marshal-able and umarshal-able object.
+type paramsDisk struct {
+	MaxThroughput int
+	SendTimeout   time.Duration
+}
+
 // DefaultParams returns a Params object filled with the default values.
 func DefaultParams() Params {
 	return Params{
@@ -33,3 +42,42 @@ func DefaultParams() Params {
 		SendTimeout:   defaultSendTimeout,
 	}
 }
+
+// GetParameters returns the default network parameters, or override with given
+// parameters, if set.
+func GetParameters(params string) (Params, error) {
+	p := DefaultParams()
+	if len(params) > 0 {
+		err := json.Unmarshal([]byte(params), &p)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Params{}, err
+		}
+	}
+	return p, nil
+}
+
+// MarshalJSON adheres to the json.Marshaler interface.
+func (p Params) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
+	pDisk := paramsDisk{
+		MaxThroughput: p.MaxThroughput,
+		SendTimeout:   p.SendTimeout,
+	}
+
+	return json.Marshal(&pDisk)
+}
+
+// UnmarshalJSON adheres to the json.Unmarshaler interface.
+func (p *Params) UnmarshalJSON(data []byte) error {
+	pDisk := paramsDisk{}
+	err := json.Unmarshal(data, &pDisk)
+	if err != nil {
+		return err
+	}
+
+	*p = Params{
+		MaxThroughput: pDisk.MaxThroughput,
+		SendTimeout:   pDisk.SendTimeout,
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}