diff --git a/src/controllers/api/createGuildController.ts b/src/controllers/api/createGuildController.ts
index 22ec05b2..c8828b03 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/createGuildController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/createGuildController.ts
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import { RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { getJSONfromString } from "@/src/helpers/stringHelpers";
 import { Inventory } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel";
 import { Guild } from "@/src/models/guildModel";
-import { IGuild, guildDbToResponse, ICreateGuildRequest } from "@/src/types/guildTypes";
+import { IGuild, ICreateGuildRequest } from "@/src/types/guildTypes";
 
 const createGuildController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     let payload: ICreateGuildRequest = getJSONfromString(req.body.toString());
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const createGuildController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
         await inventory.save();
     }
 
-    res.json(guildDbToResponse(guild));
+    res.json(guild);
 };
 
 export { createGuildController };
diff --git a/src/controllers/api/getGuildController.ts b/src/controllers/api/getGuildController.ts
index bc6e17ef..81dfde24 100644
--- a/src/controllers/api/getGuildController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/api/getGuildController.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 import { RequestHandler } from "express";
 import { Inventory } from "@/src/models/inventoryModels/inventoryModel";
 import { Guild } from "@/src/models/guildModel";
-import { guildDbToResponse } from "@/src/types/guildTypes";
 
 const getGuildController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     if (!req.query.accountId) {
@@ -16,7 +15,7 @@ const getGuildController: RequestHandler = async (req, res) => {
     if (inventory.GuildId) {
         const guild = await Guild.findOne({ _id: inventory.GuildId });
         if (guild) {
-            res.json(guildDbToResponse(guild));
+            res.json(guild);
             return;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/models/guildModel.ts b/src/models/guildModel.ts
index ba305338..3d8cbc3b 100644
--- a/src/models/guildModel.ts
+++ b/src/models/guildModel.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,16 @@
 import { IGuild, IDatabaseGuild } from "@/src/types/guildTypes";
 import { model, Schema } from "mongoose";
+import { toOid } from "@/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers";
 
 const guildSchema = new Schema<IGuild>({
     Name: { type: String, required: true }
 });
 
+guildSchema.set("toJSON", {
+    virtuals: true,
+    transform(_document, guild) {
+        guild._id = toOid(guild._id);
+    }
+});
+
 export const Guild = model<IGuild>("Guild", guildSchema);
diff --git a/src/types/guildTypes.ts b/src/types/guildTypes.ts
index 5aefda9e..30350ff4 100644
--- a/src/types/guildTypes.ts
+++ b/src/types/guildTypes.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import { Types } from "mongoose";
 import { IOid } from "@/src/types/commonTypes";
-import { toOid } from "@/src/helpers/inventoryHelpers";
 
 export interface IGuild {
     Name: string;
@@ -14,11 +13,6 @@ export interface IGuildResponse extends IGuild {
     _id: IOid;
 }
 
-export function guildDbToResponse(guild: IDatabaseGuild): IGuildResponse {
-    (guild as IGuild as IGuildResponse)._id = toOid(guild._id);
-    return guild as IGuild as IGuildResponse;
-}
-
 export interface ICreateGuildRequest {
     guildName: string;
 }