diff --git a/Controllers/TicketsController.cs b/Controllers/TicketsController.cs
index 78891dd..6a447b7 100644
--- a/Controllers/TicketsController.cs
+++ b/Controllers/TicketsController.cs
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ namespace TicketManager.Controllers
                 Description = ticketDto.Description,
                 EndingDate = ticketDto.EndingDate,
                 CreatorId = ticketDto.CreatorId,
+                Category = (Category)ticketDto.Category,
+                Impact = (Impact)ticketDto.Impact,
+                Difficulty = (Difficulty)ticketDto.Difficulty,
                 Project = await _context.Projects.FindAsync(ticketDto.ProjectId)
             };
 
diff --git a/Resources/Tickets/NewTicketDTO.cs b/Resources/Tickets/NewTicketDTO.cs
index a8ebb28..c1e01bb 100644
--- a/Resources/Tickets/NewTicketDTO.cs
+++ b/Resources/Tickets/NewTicketDTO.cs
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ namespace TicketManager.Resources
         [DataType(DataType.Date)]
         public DateTime EndingDate { get; set; }
 
-        public string Impact { get; set; }
+        public int Impact { get; set; }
 
-        public string Difficulty { get; set; }
+        public int Difficulty { get; set; }
 
-        public string Category { get; set; }
+        public int Category { get; set; }
         [Required]
         public Guid CreatorId { get; set; }
         [Required]
diff --git a/app.db b/app.db
index 562fdf6..db588ef 100644
Binary files a/app.db and b/app.db differ
diff --git a/client/src/components/Modals/NewTicketModal.tsx b/client/src/components/Modals/NewTicketModal.tsx
index 97ee1be..34afeea 100644
--- a/client/src/components/Modals/NewTicketModal.tsx
+++ b/client/src/components/Modals/NewTicketModal.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ import {
   Theme,
 } from "@material-ui/core";
 import Modal from "./Modal";
-import Ticket from "../../types/Ticket";
 import Project from "../../types/Project";
 import Category from "../../types/enums/category";
 import Impact from "../../types/enums/impact";