diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
index 7740a39..d4c26b8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package ch.dlmw.swisssignchallenge.entities;
 import jakarta.persistence.*;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
+import org.hibernate.annotations.Type;
 
 import java.util.UUID;
 
@@ -16,7 +17,7 @@ public class SigningRequestDocument {
     @Column(name = "id", updatable = false, nullable = false)
     private UUID id;
 
-    @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.LAZY)
+    @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     @JoinColumn(name = "signing_request_id", nullable = false)
     private SigningRequest signingRequest;
 
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ public class SigningRequestDocument {
     @Column(name = "confirmed", nullable = false)
     private boolean confirmed;
 
-    @Lob
-    @Column(name = "data", nullable = false)
-    private byte[] data;
+//    @Lob
+//    @Column(name = "data", nullable = false, columnDefinition = "BYTEA")
+//    private byte[] data;
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/repositories/SigningRequestDocumentRepository.java b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/repositories/SigningRequestDocumentRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8012233
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/repositories/SigningRequestDocumentRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+package ch.dlmw.swisssignchallenge.repositories;
+
+import ch.dlmw.swisssignchallenge.entities.SigningRequestDocument;
+import org.springframework.data.jpa.repository.JpaRepository;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+@Repository
+public interface SigningRequestDocumentRepository extends JpaRepository<SigningRequestDocument, UUID> {
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestService.java b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestService.java
index da346dc..0b2bc5b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestService.java
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ public class SigningRequestService implements ch.dlmw.swisssignchallenge.service
 
     @Override
     public SigningRequest getSigningRequest(String id) {
-        return signingRequestRepository.findById(UUID.fromString(id)).orElseThrow();
+        var signingRequest = signingRequestRepository.findById(UUID.fromString(id)).orElseThrow();
+        return signingRequest;
     }
 }