diff --git a/Expedience.Api/Program.cs b/Expedience.Api/Program.cs
index 66f8554..e64a0c1 100644
--- a/Expedience.Api/Program.cs
+++ b/Expedience.Api/Program.cs
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ using Expedience.Api.Encryption;
 using MassTransit;
 using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Expedience.Infrastructure.Concurrency;
-using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 var builder = WebApplication.CreateBuilder(args);
 
@@ -12,12 +11,7 @@ var connectionString = builder.Configuration.GetConnectionString("Expedience");
 builder.Services.AddDbContext<ExpedienceContext>(options =>
     options.UseNpgsql(connectionString).UseLowerCaseNamingConvention());
 
-builder.Services.AddControllers().AddJsonOptions(options =>
-{
-    options.JsonSerializerOptions.ReferenceHandler = ReferenceHandler.Preserve;
-    options.JsonSerializerOptions.WriteIndented = true; // Optional: for pretty printing
-});
-
+builder.Services.AddControllers();
 
 builder.Services.AddEndpointsApiExplorer();
 builder.Services.AddSwaggerGen();