diff --git a/app/Api/v1/Controllers/TwoFAccountController.php b/app/Api/v1/Controllers/TwoFAccountController.php
index 38660f50..266910e7 100644
--- a/app/Api/v1/Controllers/TwoFAccountController.php
+++ b/app/Api/v1/Controllers/TwoFAccountController.php
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ public function store(TwoFAccountDynamicRequest $request)
         // Possible group association
         $this->groupService->assign($twofaccount->id);
 
-        return (new TwoFAccountReadResource($twofaccount))
+        return (new TwoFAccountReadResource($twofaccount->refresh()))
                 ->response()
                 ->setStatusCode(201);
     }
@@ -178,6 +178,7 @@ public function otp(Request $request, $id = null)
             $otp = $this->twofaccountService->getOTP($validatedData['uri']);
         }
         
+        // return bad request if uri is provided with any other input
         else if ( count($inputs) > 1 && $request->has('uri')) {
             return response()->json([
                 'message' => 'bad request',
diff --git a/app/Api/v1/Resources/TwoFAccountReadResource.php b/app/Api/v1/Resources/TwoFAccountReadResource.php
index 82d32ec9..4ad177f7 100644
--- a/app/Api/v1/Resources/TwoFAccountReadResource.php
+++ b/app/Api/v1/Resources/TwoFAccountReadResource.php
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ public function toArray($request)
         return array_merge(
             [
                 'id'            => $this->id,
-                'group_id'      => $this->group_id,
+                'group_id'      => intval($this->group_id),
             ],
             parent::toArray($request)
         );