diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Component/ToJSON.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Component/ToJSON.pm
index ed8d59d9..e8f439de 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Component/ToJSON.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Component/ToJSON.pm
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use strict;
 use warnings;
 
 use base 'DBIx::Class';
+use JSON;
 
 sub TO_JSON {
     my $self = shift;
@@ -17,6 +18,14 @@ sub TO_JSON {
         $json{$column} = $self->get_column($column);
     }
 
+    foreach my $column (@{$hint->{string_columns}}) {
+      $json{$column} = $self->get_column($column) // "";
+    }
+
+    foreach my $column (@{$hint->{boolean_columns}}) {
+        $json{$column} = $self->get_column($column) ? JSON::true : JSON::false;
+    }
+
     foreach my $relname (keys %{$hint->{relations}}) {
         my $key = $hint->{relations}->{$relname};
         $json{$relname} = [ map { $_->$key } $self->$relname ];
diff --git a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Projects.pm b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Projects.pm
index 697f1aee..e9857766 100644
--- a/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Projects.pm
+++ b/src/lib/Hydra/Schema/Projects.pm
@@ -247,15 +247,17 @@ __PACKAGE__->many_to_many("usernames", "projectmembers", "username");
 # DO NOT MODIFY THIS OR ANYTHING ABOVE! md5sum:+4yWd9UjCyxxLZYDrVUAxA
 
 my %hint = (
-    columns => [
+    string_columns => [
         "name",
         "displayname",
         "description",
         "homepage",
-        "enabled",
-        "hidden",
         "owner"
     ],
+    boolean_columns => [
+      "enabled",
+      "hidden"
+    ],
     relations => {
         jobsets => "name"
     }
diff --git a/t/Controller/projects.t b/t/Controller/projects.t
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02e60b45
--- /dev/null
+++ b/t/Controller/projects.t
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+use feature 'unicode_strings';
+use strict;
+use Setup;
+use JSON qw(decode_json);
+
+my %ctx = test_init();
+
+require Hydra::Schema;
+require Hydra::Model::DB;
+require Hydra::Helper::Nix;
+use HTTP::Request::Common;
+
+use Test2::V0;
+require Catalyst::Test;
+Catalyst::Test->import('Hydra');
+
+my $db = Hydra::Model::DB->new;
+hydra_setup($db);
+
+my $project = $db->resultset('Projects')->create({name => "tests", displayname => "", owner => "root"});
+
+my $projectinfo = request(GET '/project/tests',
+    Accept => 'application/json',
+);
+
+ok($projectinfo->is_success);
+is(decode_json($projectinfo->content), {
+    description => "",
+    displayname => "",
+    enabled => JSON::true,
+    hidden => JSON::false,
+    homepage => "",
+    jobsets => [],
+    name => "tests",
+    owner => "root"
+});
+
+done_testing;