diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.cpp b/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.cpp
index 0462d761..9e941c5c 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,9 @@
 
 PoolDataSetBase::PoolDataSetBase(PoolVariableIF** registeredVariablesArray,
                                  const size_t maxFillCount, bool serializeWithValidityBlob)
-    : registeredVariables(registeredVariablesArray),
-      maxFillCount(maxFillCount),
-      serializeWithValidityBlob(serializeWithValidityBlob) {}
+    : serializeWithValidityBlob(serializeWithValidityBlob),
+      registeredVariables(registeredVariablesArray),
+      maxFillCount(maxFillCount) {}
 
 PoolDataSetBase::~PoolDataSetBase() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.h b/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.h
index 85e66ec3..dba3c98b 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapool/PoolDataSetBase.h
@@ -139,6 +139,8 @@ class PoolDataSetBase : public PoolDataSetIF, public SerializeIF {
    */
   void setChildrenValidity(bool valid);
 
+  bool serializeWithValidityBlob = false;
+
  protected:
   /**
    * @brief	The fill_count attribute ensures that the variables
@@ -166,7 +168,6 @@ class PoolDataSetBase : public PoolDataSetIF, public SerializeIF {
    */
   PoolVariableIF** registeredVariables = nullptr;
   const size_t maxFillCount = 0;
-  bool serializeWithValidityBlob = false;
 
   void setContainer(PoolVariableIF** variablesContainer);
   PoolVariableIF** getContainer() const;
diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSet.cpp b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSet.cpp
index 6c661be2..96d10d4c 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSet.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSet.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 using namespace dp;
 
 SharedSet::SharedSet(dp::SharedPool& sharedPool, uint32_t setId, const size_t maxNumberOfVariables,
-                     bool serializeWithValídityBlob)
+                     bool serializeWithValidityBlob)
     : SharedSetBase(sharedPool, setId, nullptr, maxNumberOfVariables, serializeWithValidityBlob),
       poolVarList(maxNumberOfVariables) {
   this->setContainer(poolVarList.data());
diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.cpp b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.cpp
index 5900861c..a7a158ba 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.cpp
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.cpp
@@ -105,9 +105,6 @@ ReturnValue_t SharedSetBase::deSerialize(const uint8_t **buffer, size_t *size,
 
 ReturnValue_t SharedSetBase::serialize(uint8_t **buffer, size_t *size, size_t maxSize,
                                        SerializeIF::Endianness streamEndianness) const {
-  if (serializeWithValidityBlob) {
-    return base.doSerializeWithValidityBlob(buffer, size, maxSize, streamEndianness);
-  }
   return base.serialize(buffer, size, maxSize, streamEndianness);
 }
 
@@ -165,3 +162,8 @@ void SharedSetBase::setContainer(PoolVariableIF **variablesContainer) {
   return base.setContainer(variablesContainer);
 }
 PoolVariableIF **SharedSetBase::getContainer() const { return base.getContainer(); }
+
+void SharedSetBase::updateValidityBlobSerialization(bool enable) {
+  base.serializeWithValidityBlob = enable;
+}
+bool SharedSetBase::getValidityBlobSerialization() const { return base.serializeWithValidityBlob; }
diff --git a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.h b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.h
index 34dc3dd6..4eb87b11 100644
--- a/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.h
+++ b/src/fsfw/datapool/SharedSetBase.h
@@ -159,11 +159,8 @@ class SharedSetBase : public SerializeIF, public PoolDataSetIF {
    */
   void setChildrenValidity(bool valid);
 
-  /**
-   * If the valid state of a dataset is always relevant to the whole
-   * data set we can use this flag.
-   */
-  bool serializeWithValidityBlob = false;
+  void updateValidityBlobSerialization(bool enable);
+  bool getValidityBlobSerialization() const;
 
  protected:
   PoolDataSetBase base;
diff --git a/unittests/datapool/testDataset.cpp b/unittests/datapool/testDataset.cpp
index 67af121b..0d2c048c 100644
--- a/unittests/datapool/testDataset.cpp
+++ b/unittests/datapool/testDataset.cpp
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Pool Dataset Test", "[datapool]") {
     size_t serLen = 0;
     uint8_t* dataPtr = buf;
     dataset.serializeWithValidityBlob = true;
+    CHECK(dataset.getSerializedSize() == 6);
     CHECK(dataset.serialize(&dataPtr, &serLen, sizeof(buf), SerializeIF::Endianness::NETWORK) ==
           returnvalue::OK);
     CHECK(buf[5] == 0b11000000);
@@ -70,7 +71,7 @@ TEST_CASE("Pool Dataset Test", "[datapool]") {
   SECTION("Larger Pool Dataset Serialization With Validity") {
     uint8_t buf[64]{};
     TestDatasetLarger datasetLarge;
-    datasetLarge.setAllChildrenValidity(true);
+    datasetLarge.setChildrenValidity(true);
     size_t serLen = 0;
     uint8_t* dataPtr = buf;
     datasetLarge.serializeWithValidityBlob = true;
diff --git a/unittests/datapool/testSharedSet.cpp b/unittests/datapool/testSharedSet.cpp
index 2a3cee5b..68b972b2 100644
--- a/unittests/datapool/testSharedSet.cpp
+++ b/unittests/datapool/testSharedSet.cpp
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ TEST_CASE("DataSetTest", "[datapool]") {
   SECTION("BasicTest") {
     /* Test some basic functions */
     CHECK(localSet.getReportingEnabled() == false);
+    CHECK(localSet.getSerializedSize() == 11);
     CHECK(localSet.getLocalPoolIdsSerializedSize() == 3 * sizeof(dp::id_t));
     CHECK(localSet.getStructureId() == lpool::testSid1);
     CHECK(localSet.getCreatorObjectId() == objects::TEST_LOCAL_POOL_OWNER_BASE);
@@ -156,7 +157,7 @@ TEST_CASE("DataSetTest", "[datapool]") {
   }
 
   SECTION("Serialize with Validity Blob") {
-    localSet.serializeWithValidityBlob = true;
+    localSet.updateValidityBlobSerialization(true);
     CHECK(!localSet.localPoolVarUint8.isValid());
     CHECK(!localSet.localPoolUint16Vec.isValid());
     CHECK(!localSet.localPoolVarFloat.isValid());
@@ -168,6 +169,7 @@ TEST_CASE("DataSetTest", "[datapool]") {
     // Already reserve additional space for validity buffer, will be needed later
     uint8_t buffer[128]{};
     uint8_t* buffPtr = buffer;
+    CHECK(localSet.getSerializedSize() == 12);
     CHECK(localSet.serialize(&buffPtr, &serSize, sizeof(buffer),
                              SerializeIF::Endianness::MACHINE) == returnvalue::OK);
     CHECK(serSize == 12);