diff --git a/validation/Cargo.lock b/validation/Cargo.lock
index 2f6b714..82ab92b 100644
--- a/validation/Cargo.lock
+++ b/validation/Cargo.lock
@@ -1809,6 +1809,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_repr",
  "url",
 ]
 
diff --git a/validation/api/Cargo.lock b/validation/api/Cargo.lock
index df4b1fc..9033cf0 100644
--- a/validation/api/Cargo.lock
+++ b/validation/api/Cargo.lock
@@ -895,6 +895,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_repr"
+version = "0.1.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c64451ba24fc7a6a2d60fc75dd9c83c90903b19028d4eff35e88fc1e86564e9"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -957,6 +968,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "reqwest",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_repr",
  "url",
 ]
 
diff --git a/validation/api/Cargo.toml b/validation/api/Cargo.toml
index b8cc933..eb75b1a 100644
--- a/validation/api/Cargo.toml
+++ b/validation/api/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ authors = ["Rhys Lloyd <krakow20@gmail.com>"]
 reqwest = { version = "0", features = ["json"] }
 serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1"
+serde_repr = "0.1.19"
 url = "2"
 
 [features]
diff --git a/validation/api/src/internal.rs b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
index daaf37c..dc36912 100644
--- a/validation/api/src/internal.rs
+++ b/validation/api/src/internal.rs
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ pub struct ScriptIDResponse{
 	pub ID:ScriptID,
 }
 
-#[derive(serde::Serialize,serde::Deserialize)]
+#[derive(serde_repr::Serialize_repr,serde_repr::Deserialize_repr)]
 #[repr(i32)]
 pub enum Policy{
 	None=0, // not yet reviewed