diff --git a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
index 0434445..1628436 100644
--- a/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
+++ b/ScrumTaskboard/Startup.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Builder;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Hosting;
@@ -32,6 +33,11 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
                        .AllowAnyMethod()
                        .AllowAnyHeader();
             }));
+            services.AddMvc().AddJsonOptions(o =>
+            {
+                o.JsonSerializerOptions.Converters.Add(new JsonStringEnumConverter());
+                o.JsonSerializerOptions.IgnoreNullValues = true;
+            });
             services.AddScoped(serviceProvider => new TaskContext(
                 new DbContextOptionsBuilder<TaskContext>()
                 .UseNpgsql("Host=nig.gl; Port=8543; Username=scrum; Database=taskboard; Password=c6gXud7YvBWp2sgxSgy4wRN")
diff --git a/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs b/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
index 12762b2..5ce3d46 100644
--- a/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
+++ b/ScrumTaskboard/TaskContext.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using System;
-
+using System.Runtime.Serialization;
+
 namespace ScrumTaskboard
 {
     public class TaskContext : DbContext 
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
         public int sprint { get; set; }
         public int project { get; set; }
         public int userstory { get; set; }
+        public ScrumPrio priority { get; set; }
     }
 
     public class ScrumUserstory
@@ -41,7 +43,7 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
         public int id { get; set; }
         public string title { get; set; }
         public string content { get; set; }
-        public int priority { get; set; }
+        public ScrumPrio priority { get; set; }
         public int status { get; set; }
         public int category { get; set; }
         public int createdby { get; set; }
@@ -86,4 +88,14 @@ namespace ScrumTaskboard
         public int id { get; set; }
         public string name { get; set; }
     }
+
+    public enum ScrumPrio
+    {
+        [EnumMember(Value = "low")]
+        low,
+        [EnumMember(Value = "medium")]
+        medium,
+        [EnumMember(Value = "high")]
+        high
+    }
 }