diff --git a/api/src/models/file.rs b/api/src/models/file.rs
index 9b65e16..014facd 100644
--- a/api/src/models/file.rs
+++ b/api/src/models/file.rs
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
-use sqlx::{postgres::PgPool, FromRow};
+use sqlx::{postgres::PgPool, FromRow, Type};
 use time::OffsetDateTime;
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
 use crate::error::AppError;
 
-#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, FromRow, Clone, PartialEq)]
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize, FromRow, Clone, PartialEq, Type)]
+#[sqlx(rename_all = "snake_case")]
 #[serde(rename_all = "snake_case")]
+#[sqlx(type_name = "text")] // Tells sqlx to treat this enum as text
 pub enum FileType {
     File,
     Directory,