diff --git a/common/json/badjson/merge.go b/common/json/badjson/merge.go
index a2b8667da..43b878840 100644
--- a/common/json/badjson/merge.go
+++ b/common/json/badjson/merge.go
@@ -8,27 +8,6 @@ import (
 	"github.com/sagernet/sing/common/json"
 )
 
-func Merge[T any](source T, destination T) (T, error) {
-	rawSource, err := json.Marshal(source)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "marshal source")
-	}
-	rawDestination, err := json.Marshal(destination)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "marshal destination")
-	}
-	rawMerged, err := MergeJSON(rawSource, rawDestination)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "merge options")
-	}
-	var merged T
-	err = json.Unmarshal(rawMerged, &merged)
-	if err != nil {
-		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "unmarshal merged options")
-	}
-	return merged, nil
-}
-
 func Omitempty[T any](value T) (T, error) {
 	objectContent, err := json.Marshal(value)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -50,6 +29,31 @@ func Omitempty[T any](value T) (T, error) {
 	return newObject, nil
 }
 
+func Merge[T any](source T, destination T) (T, error) {
+	rawSource, err := json.Marshal(source)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "marshal source")
+	}
+	return MergeFromJSON(rawSource, destination)
+}
+
+func MergeFromJSON[T any](rawSource json.RawMessage, destination T) (T, error) {
+	rawDestination, err := json.Marshal(destination)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "marshal destination")
+	}
+	rawMerged, err := MergeJSON(rawSource, rawDestination)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "merge options")
+	}
+	var merged T
+	err = json.Unmarshal(rawMerged, &merged)
+	if err != nil {
+		return common.DefaultValue[T](), E.Cause(err, "unmarshal merged options")
+	}
+	return merged, nil
+}
+
 func MergeJSON(rawSource json.RawMessage, rawDestination json.RawMessage) (json.RawMessage, error) {
 	source, err := Decode(rawSource)
 	if err != nil {