diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7b61263..84b0e90 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,4 +4,5 @@ obj/
 .vscode/
 Migrations/
 app.db
-client/node_modules
\ No newline at end of file
+client/node_modules
+Scripts/
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Controllers/ProjectsController.cs b/Controllers/ProjectsController.cs
index 5f671c1..a596542 100644
--- a/Controllers/ProjectsController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/ProjectsController.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore;
 using TicketManager.Data;
 using TicketManager.Models;
 
+
 namespace TicketManager.Controllers
 {
     [Route("api/[controller]")]
diff --git a/Models/Ticket.cs b/Models/Ticket.cs
index 727ca6f..65fc8ae 100644
--- a/Models/Ticket.cs
+++ b/Models/Ticket.cs
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ namespace TicketManager.Models
 
         public User Creator { get; set; }
         public Guid CreatorId { get; set; }
-        // public Project Project { get; set; }
-        // public int ProjectId { get; set; }
+        public Project Project { get; set; }
+        public int ProjectId { get; set; }
         private List<Note> _notes;
         public List<Note> Notes
         {
diff --git a/Startup.cs b/Startup.cs
index 9da91b4..825d07d 100644
--- a/Startup.cs
+++ b/Startup.cs
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ using System.Reflection;
 using System.IO;
 using TicketManager.Data;
 using TicketManager.Models;
+using Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
 
 namespace TicketManager
 {
@@ -34,7 +36,12 @@ namespace TicketManager
         {
             services.AddDbContext<AppDbContext>(options =>
                 options.UseSqlite(Configuration.GetConnectionString("Sqlite")));
-            services.AddControllers();
+            services.AddControllers()
+            .AddNewtonsoftJson(options =>
+            {
+                options.SerializerSettings.ReferenceLoopHandling = ReferenceLoopHandling.Ignore; // avoid cycle ref errors
+            });
+
             services.AddSpaStaticFiles(configuration =>
             {
                 configuration.RootPath = "client/build";
diff --git a/TicketManager.csproj b/TicketManager.csproj
index ae2c5af..b4ab051 100644
--- a/TicketManager.csproj
+++ b/TicketManager.csproj
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
     <ItemGroup>
     </ItemGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
+        <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Mvc.NewtonsoftJson" Version="3.1.1" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices" Version="3.1.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.SpaServices.Extensions" Version="3.1.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore.Design" Version="3.1.0">