diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ec0973af..0d5350f9 100755
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -158,3 +158,4 @@ figures/*
 .vscode/settings.json
 trajectories/*
 *.tar.gz
+casts/*
diff --git a/netsecgame/game_components.py b/netsecgame/game_components.py
index 4b3d3ec1..2dd9eddd 100755
--- a/netsecgame/game_components.py
+++ b/netsecgame/game_components.py
@@ -448,7 +448,7 @@ def from_dict(cls, data_dict: Dict[str, Any]) -> Action:
         params: Dict[str, Any] = {}
         for k, v in data_dict["parameters"].items():
             match k:
-                case "source_host" | "target_host" | "blocked_host":
+                case "source_host" | "target_host" | "blocked_host" | "blocked_ip":
                     params[k] = IP.from_dict(v)
                 case "target_network":
                     params[k] = Network.from_dict(v)
diff --git a/tests/components/test_action.py b/tests/components/test_action.py
index 5fa036b0..d2169c4d 100644
--- a/tests/components/test_action.py
+++ b/tests/components/test_action.py
@@ -450,6 +450,23 @@ def test_action_to_dict_quit_game(self):
             assert action_dict["action_type"] == str(action.type)
             assert len(action_dict["parameters"]) == 0
 
+    def test_action_to_dict_block_ip(self):
+            action = Action(
+                action_type=ActionType.BlockIP,
+                parameters={
+                    "target_host": IP("192.168.1.0"),
+                    "source_host": IP("192.168.1.1"),
+                    "blocked_ip": IP("1.1.1.1")
+                }
+            )
+            action_dict = action.as_dict
+            new_action = Action.from_dict(action_dict)
+            assert action == new_action
+            assert action_dict["action_type"] == str(action.type)
+            assert action_dict["parameters"]["target_host"] == {'ip': '192.168.1.0'}
+            assert action_dict["parameters"]["source_host"] == {'ip': '192.168.1.1'}
+            assert action_dict["parameters"]["blocked_ip"] == {'ip': '1.1.1.1'}
+
     def test_action_type_eq_unsupported(self):
         """Test ActionType equality with unsupported type"""
         assert (ActionType.FindData == 123) is False