diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 7700c85..14f7f02 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -683,6 +683,8 @@ name = "db-core"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "async-trait",
+ "serde 1.0.136",
+ "serde_json",
  "thiserror",
 ]
 
diff --git a/database/db-core/Cargo.toml b/database/db-core/Cargo.toml
index f64f4fd..f45f52a 100644
--- a/database/db-core/Cargo.toml
+++ b/database/db-core/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,7 +15,11 @@ authors = ["realaravinth <realaravinth@batsense.net>"]
 [dependencies]
 async-trait = "0.1.51"
 thiserror = "1.0.30"
+serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"]}
 
 [features]
 default = []
 test = []
+
+[dev-dependencies]
+serde_json = "1"
diff --git a/database/db-core/src/lib.rs b/database/db-core/src/lib.rs
index f97fc9b..bf24ea7 100644
--- a/database/db-core/src/lib.rs
+++ b/database/db-core/src/lib.rs
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 //! - [errors](crate::auth): error data structures used in this crate
 //! - [ops](crate::ops): meta operations like connection pool creation, migrations and getting
 //! connection from pool
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
+
 pub mod errors;
 pub mod ops;
 #[cfg(feature = "test")]
@@ -66,7 +68,8 @@ pub struct CreateGist<'a> {
 }
 
 /// Gist visibility
-#[derive(Clone, PartialEq, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum GistVisibility {
     /// Everyone can see the gist, will be displayed on /explore and
     /// search engines might index it too
@@ -109,7 +112,7 @@ impl From<GistVisibility> for String {
     }
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 /// Represents a gist
 pub struct Gist {
     /// owner of the gist
@@ -126,7 +129,7 @@ pub struct Gist {
     pub visibility: GistVisibility,
 }
 
-#[derive(Clone, Debug)]
+#[derive(Clone, Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
 /// Represents a comment on a Gist
 pub struct GistComment {
     /// Unique identifier, possible database assigned, auto-incremented ID