diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
index 0a83869..09a1c62 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/entities/SigningRequestDocument.java
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package ch.dlmw.swisssignchallenge.entities;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIdentityInfo;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.ObjectIdGenerators;
 import jakarta.persistence.*;
 import lombok.Getter;
 import lombok.Setter;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import java.util.UUID;
 @Table(name = "signing_request_document")
 @Getter
 @Setter
+@JsonIdentityInfo(generator = ObjectIdGenerators.PropertyGenerator.class, property = "id")
 public class SigningRequestDocument {
     @Id
     @GeneratedValue(generator = "UUID")
@@ -19,7 +21,6 @@ public class SigningRequestDocument {
 
     @ManyToOne(fetch = FetchType.EAGER)
     @JoinColumn(name = "signing_request_id", nullable = false)
-    @JsonIgnore
     private SigningRequest signingRequest;
 
     @Column(name = "name", nullable = false)
diff --git a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestDocumentServiceImpl.java b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestDocumentServiceImpl.java
index adfe03c..990d4bd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestDocumentServiceImpl.java
+++ b/src/main/java/ch/dlmw/swisssignchallenge/services/impl/SigningRequestDocumentServiceImpl.java
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ public class SigningRequestDocumentServiceImpl implements SigningRequestDocument
 
     @Override
     public void updateSigningRequestDocument(SigningRequestDocument signingRequestDocument) {
-        var document = signingRequestDocumentRepository.findById(signingRequestDocument.getId()).orElseThrow();
-        signingRequestDocument.setSigningRequest(document.getSigningRequest()); // todo: this is a bit ugly.. due to recursion the relationship is ignored so I set it manually
         signingRequestDocumentRepository.save(signingRequestDocument);
     }