diff --git a/Models/AppUser.cs b/Models/AppUser.cs
index 28c0660..9dd2315 100644
--- a/Models/AppUser.cs
+++ b/Models/AppUser.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ using System;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.ComponentModel.DataAnnotations;
 using System.Linq;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 
 namespace TicketManager.Models
 {
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ namespace TicketManager.Models
         [Display(Name = "Avatar")]
         public string Picture { get; set; }
 
+        [JsonIgnore]
         public List<Assignment> Assignments { get; set; } = new List<Assignment>();
 
         [Display(Name = "Activity")]
diff --git a/Startup.cs b/Startup.cs
index 699c91a..4b0df45 100644
--- a/Startup.cs
+++ b/Startup.cs
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using Microsoft.OpenApi.Models;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson;
 using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Authentication.JwtBearer;
-using Newtonsoft.Json;
+// using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using TicketManager.Data;
 
 [assembly: ApiController]
@@ -48,12 +48,12 @@ namespace TicketManager
                 options.Audience = "https://localhost:5001/api/V1/";
             });
 
-            services.AddControllers()
-            .AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
-                {
-                    options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore; // avoid cycle ref errors
-                }
-            );
+            services.AddControllers();
+            // .AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
+            //     {
+            //         options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore; // avoid cycle ref errors
+            //     }
+            // );
 
             services.AddSpaStaticFiles(configuration =>
             {