diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/impl/RetrofitBuilder.kt b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/impl/RetrofitBuilder.kt
index 2ddadff..fcdc9ea 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/impl/RetrofitBuilder.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/impl/RetrofitBuilder.kt
@@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ import javax.inject.Inject
 
 @ExperimentalSerializationApi
 class RetrofitBuilder @Inject constructor(private val okHttpBuilder: OkHttpBuilder) {
+    private val json by lazy { Json { coerceInputValues = true } }
+
     fun buildRetrofit(baseUrl: String, token: String? = null): Retrofit {
         Timber.v("buildRetrofit() called with: baseUrl = $baseUrl, token = $token")
         val contentType = "application/json".toMediaType()
+        val converterFactory = json.asConverterFactory(contentType)
         return Retrofit.Builder()
             .baseUrl(baseUrl)
             .client(okHttpBuilder.buildOkHttp(token))
-            .addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory(contentType))
+            .addConverterFactory(converterFactory)
             .build()
     }
 }
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diff --git a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/recipes/network/GetRecipeSummaryResponse.kt b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/recipes/network/GetRecipeSummaryResponse.kt
index aa64fc2..6a59b25 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/recipes/network/GetRecipeSummaryResponse.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/gq/kirmanak/mealie/data/recipes/network/GetRecipeSummaryResponse.kt
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ data class GetRecipeSummaryResponse(
     @SerialName("name") val name: String,
     @SerialName("slug") val slug: String,
     @SerialName("image") val image: String,
-    @SerialName("description") val description: String,
+    @SerialName("description") val description: String = "",
     @SerialName("recipeCategory") val recipeCategories: List<String>,
     @SerialName("tags") val tags: List<String>,
     @SerialName("rating") val rating: Int?,