diff --git a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wbrawner/twigs/server/Application.kt b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wbrawner/twigs/server/Application.kt
index db73b13..b44ba96 100644
--- a/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wbrawner/twigs/server/Application.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/kotlin/com/wbrawner/twigs/server/Application.kt
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@ fun Application.moduleWithDependencies(
         json(json = Json {
             ignoreUnknownKeys = true
             encodeDefaults = true
+            explicitNulls = false
             isLenient = true
             allowSpecialFloatingPointValues = true
             allowStructuredMapKeys = true