diff --git a/shard.lock b/shard.lock
index 3f3f22f2..6f837bd0 100644
--- a/shard.lock
+++ b/shard.lock
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ shards:
 
   action-controller:
     git: https://github.com/spider-gazelle/action-controller.git
-    version: 7.5.0
+    version: 7.5.1
 
   active-model:
     git: https://github.com/spider-gazelle/active-model.git
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ shards:
 
   placeos-core:
     git: https://github.com/placeos/core.git
-    version: 4.17.0+git.commit.5eb725ab98bf52775512f7938b468c28e6ccde45
+    version: 4.17.0+git.commit.ec2fd1b2be563172b9ddc6de626870b7fd68c674
 
   placeos-core-client: # Overridden
     git: https://github.com/placeos/core-client.git
@@ -243,7 +243,7 @@ shards:
 
   placeos-frontend-loader:
     git: https://github.com/placeos/frontend-loader.git
-    version: 2.7.1+git.commit.a8bf2b8c4489693405e7be59eb07dd8d103d14d4
+    version: 2.7.1+git.commit.0870660239fcc8dec3a75bfc4f5825df9ade9559
 
   placeos-log-backend:
     git: https://github.com/place-labs/log-backend.git
@@ -307,7 +307,7 @@ shards:
 
   search-ingest:
     git: https://github.com/placeos/search-ingest.git
-    version: 2.11.2+git.commit.6fc646dfeb8ef4157d35a64496d5824dbdc25659
+    version: 2.11.2+git.commit.6b64206b8869d59cf5332e297004ab60713ebb1f
 
   secrets-env: # Overridden
     git: https://github.com/spider-gazelle/secrets-env.git
diff --git a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/asset_types.cr b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/asset_types.cr
index 1143482d..dfb644a1 100644
--- a/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/asset_types.cr
+++ b/src/placeos-rest-api/controllers/asset_types.cr
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ module PlaceOS::Api
     ###############################################################################################
 
     # list the asset types
-    @[AC::Route::GET("/")]
+    @[AC::Route::GET("/", response_type: Array(::PlaceOS::Model::AssetType))]
     def index(
       @[AC::Param::Info(description: "return assets with the provided brand name", example: "Ford")]
       brand : String? = nil,
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module PlaceOS::Api
       result = PgORM::Database.connection do |db|
         db.query_one sql, &.read(JSON::PullParser).read_raw
       end
-      render text: result
+      render json: result
     end
 
     # show the selected asset type