diff --git a/threadfix-entities/src/main/java/com/denimgroup/threadfix/viewmodels/DefectViewModel.java b/threadfix-entities/src/main/java/com/denimgroup/threadfix/viewmodels/DefectViewModel.java
index 05c829bb9d..3b503e8a8f 100644
--- a/threadfix-entities/src/main/java/com/denimgroup/threadfix/viewmodels/DefectViewModel.java
+++ b/threadfix-entities/src/main/java/com/denimgroup/threadfix/viewmodels/DefectViewModel.java
@@ -26,11 +26,12 @@
 import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-public class DefectViewModel {
+public class DefectViewModel implements Serializable {
 
 	private String id; //Used for merging defect
 	private String summary;