diff --git a/DnsServerCore/Dns/Zones/Zone.cs b/DnsServerCore/Dns/Zones/Zone.cs
index d8c1a5c1..40bf1064 100644
--- a/DnsServerCore/Dns/Zones/Zone.cs
+++ b/DnsServerCore/Dns/Zones/Zone.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
 Technitium DNS Server
-Copyright (C) 2022  Shreyas Zare (shreyas@technitium.com)
+Copyright (C) 2023  Shreyas Zare (shreyas@technitium.com)
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -50,6 +50,12 @@ namespace DnsServerCore.Dns.Zones
             _entries = new ConcurrentDictionary<DnsResourceRecordType, IReadOnlyList<DnsResourceRecord>>(1, capacity);
         }
 
+        protected Zone(string name, ConcurrentDictionary<DnsResourceRecordType, IReadOnlyList<DnsResourceRecord>> entries)
+        {
+            _name = name.ToLower();
+            _entries = entries;
+        }
+
         #endregion
 
         #region static