diff --git a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/model/json/CourseWithRelationJson.java b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/model/json/CourseWithRelationJson.java
index 4882e9e5..9f52dca6 100644
--- a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/model/json/CourseWithRelationJson.java
+++ b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/model/json/CourseWithRelationJson.java
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
 
 public record CourseWithRelationJson (String url, CourseRelation relation, String name, Long courseId,
-                                      OffsetDateTime archivedAt, Integer memberCount, OffsetDateTime createdAt) { }
+                                      OffsetDateTime archivedAt, Integer memberCount, OffsetDateTime createdAt, Integer year) { }
 
diff --git a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/postgre/models/CourseEntity.java b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/postgre/models/CourseEntity.java
index 93a246e9..042f9d6d 100644
--- a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/postgre/models/CourseEntity.java
+++ b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/postgre/models/CourseEntity.java
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public class CourseEntity {
     private String description;
 
     @Column(name = "course_year", nullable = true)
-    private int courseYear;
+    private Integer courseYear;
 
 
     @Column(name = "created_at")
diff --git a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/util/EntityToJsonConverter.java b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/util/EntityToJsonConverter.java
index 8111abd2..9056821a 100644
--- a/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/util/EntityToJsonConverter.java
+++ b/backend/app/src/main/java/com/ugent/pidgeon/util/EntityToJsonConverter.java
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ public CourseWithRelationJson courseEntityToCourseWithRelation(CourseEntity cour
                 course.getId(),
                 course.getArchivedAt(),
                 memberCount,
-                course.getCreatedAt()
+                course.getCreatedAt(),
+                course.getCourseYear()
         );
     }