diff --git a/engines/ags/engine/game/savegame_components.cpp b/engines/ags/engine/game/savegame_components.cpp
index 72a8c179cce..6aa01c74570 100644
--- a/engines/ags/engine/game/savegame_components.cpp
+++ b/engines/ags/engine/game/savegame_components.cpp
@@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ HSaveError WriteGameState(PStream out) {
 	// Game base
 	game.WriteForSavegame(out);
 	// Game palette
-	// TODO: probably no need to save this for hi/true-res game
-	out->WriteArray(palette, sizeof(color), 256);
+	out->SafeWriteArray(palette, PALETTE_COUNT);
 
 	if (loaded_game_file_version <= kGameVersion_272) {
 		// Global variables
@@ -297,7 +296,7 @@ HSaveError ReadGameState(PStream in, int32_t cmp_ver, const PreservedParams &pp,
 	// Game base
 	game.ReadFromSavegame(in);
 	// Game palette
-	in->ReadArray(palette, sizeof(color), 256);
+	in->SafeReadArray(palette, PALETTE_COUNT);
 
 	if (loaded_game_file_version <= kGameVersion_272) {
 		// Legacy interaction global variables
diff --git a/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.cpp b/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.cpp
index 0ae8c76b3fd..3c8e7af2537 100644
--- a/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.cpp
+++ b/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.cpp
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "ags/lib/allegro/system.h"
 #include "ags/lib/allegro/aintern.h"
 #include "ags/shared/core/types.h"
+#include "ags/shared/util/stream.h"
 #include "common/textconsole.h"
 #include "common/system.h"
 #include "graphics/palette.h"
@@ -49,6 +50,20 @@ int _rgb_a_shift_32 = 0;
 RGB_MAP *rgb_map;
 COLOR_MAP *color_map;
 
+void color::readFromFile(AGS::Shared::Stream *file) {
+	r = file->ReadByte();
+	g = file->ReadByte();
+	b = file->ReadByte();
+	filler = file->ReadByte();
+}
+
+void color::writeToFile(AGS::Shared::Stream *file) const {
+	file->WriteByte(r);
+	file->WriteByte(g);
+	file->WriteByte(b);
+	file->WriteByte(filler);
+}
+
 
 void set_color(int idx, const RGB *p) {
 	_current_palette[idx] = *p;
diff --git a/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.h b/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.h
index db793f2fade..8c9922502ea 100644
--- a/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.h
+++ b/engines/ags/lib/allegro/color.h
@@ -39,11 +39,20 @@ namespace AGS3 {
 
 class BITMAP;
 
+namespace AGS {
+namespace Shared {
+class Stream;
+} // namespace Shared
+} // namespace AGS
+
 #include "common/pack-start.h"  // START STRUCT PACKING
 
 struct color {
 	byte r, g, b;
 	byte filler;
+
+	void readFromFile(AGS::Shared::Stream *file);
+	void writeToFile(AGS::Shared::Stream *file) const;
 } PACKED_STRUCT;
 
 typedef color RGB;
diff --git a/engines/ags/shared/util/stream.h b/engines/ags/shared/util/stream.h
index 5489cde1906..281c56dcda8 100644
--- a/engines/ags/shared/util/stream.h
+++ b/engines/ags/shared/util/stream.h
@@ -83,6 +83,18 @@ public:
 
 	// Fill the requested number of bytes with particular value
 	size_t WriteByteCount(uint8_t b, size_t count);
+
+	template<class T>
+	inline void SafeReadArray(T *arr, size_t count) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i, ++arr)
+			arr->readFromFile(this);
+	}
+
+	template<class T>
+	inline void SafeWriteArray(const T *arr, size_t count) {
+		for (size_t i = 0; i < count; ++i, ++arr)
+			arr->writeToFile(this);
+	}
 };
 
 class ScummVMReadStream : public Common::SeekableReadStream {