diff --git a/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/db_config.rs b/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/db_config.rs
index 7311de4528..307bd00bbe 100644
--- a/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/db_config.rs
+++ b/akd/crates/akd_storage/src/db_config.rs
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 use akd::errors::StorageError;
-use serde::Deserialize;
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
 use crate::DatabaseType;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Clone, Deserialize)]
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+#[serde(tag = "type")]
 pub enum DbConfig {
     MsSql {
         connection_string: String,