diff --git a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
index 0720b25d..db28382a 100644
--- a/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
+++ b/radicle-httpd/src/api/v1/projects.rs
@@ -1351,7 +1351,7 @@ mod routes {
                 },
                 "title": "A new `hello word`",
                 "description": "change `hello world` in README to something else",
-                "state": "proposed",
+                "state": { "status": "proposed" },
                 "target": "delegates",
                 "tags": [],
                 "revisions": [
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ mod routes {
                 },
                 "title": "A new `hello word`",
                 "description": "change `hello world` in README to something else",
-                "state": "proposed",
+                "state": { "status": "proposed" },
                 "target": "delegates",
                 "tags": [],
                 "revisions": [
@@ -1452,7 +1452,7 @@ mod routes {
                 },
                 "title": "Update README",
                 "description": "Do some changes to README",
-                "state": "proposed",
+                "state": { "status": "proposed" },
                 "target": "delegates",
                 "tags": [],
                 "revisions": [
diff --git a/radicle/src/cob/patch.rs b/radicle/src/cob/patch.rs
index 2f152f39..35fdf69f 100644
--- a/radicle/src/cob/patch.rs
+++ b/radicle/src/cob/patch.rs
@@ -399,7 +399,7 @@ impl Revision {
 }
 
 #[derive(Debug, Clone, Copy, Default, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord, Serialize, Deserialize)]
-#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase")]
+#[serde(rename_all = "camelCase", tag = "status")]
 pub enum State {
     #[default]
     Proposed,