diff --git a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/User.java b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/User.java
index d91f0f32..9f0d3e06 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/User.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/User.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ubc.pavlab.rdp.model;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonUnwrapped;
 import lombok.*;
 import org.hibernate.annotations.CacheConcurrencyStrategy;
@@ -26,6 +27,7 @@
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @EqualsAndHashCode(of = {"id"})
 @ToString( of = {"id", "email", "enabled"})
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class User{
 
     @Id
diff --git a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserGene.java b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserGene.java
index 372d758e..07c0d245 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserGene.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserGene.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ubc.pavlab.rdp.model;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@
 @Setter
 @NoArgsConstructor
 @ToString(callSuper = true)
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class UserGene extends Gene {
 
     @Id
diff --git a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserTerm.java b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserTerm.java
index b245d558..66323472 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserTerm.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ubc/pavlab/rdp/model/UserTerm.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ubc.pavlab.rdp.model;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnoreProperties;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.NoArgsConstructor;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -23,6 +24,7 @@
 @Getter
 @Setter
 @NoArgsConstructor
+@JsonIgnoreProperties(ignoreUnknown = true)
 public class UserTerm extends GeneOntologyTerm {
 
     @Id