diff --git a/MagicStreamServer/models/movie_model.go b/MagicStreamServer/models/movie_model.go
index d0b5cbf..c86b85b 100644
--- a/MagicStreamServer/models/movie_model.go
+++ b/MagicStreamServer/models/movie_model.go
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ type Ranking struct {
 }
 
 type Movie struct {
-	ID          bson.ObjectID `bson:"_id" json:"_id"`
+	ID          bson.ObjectID `bson:"_id,omitempty" json:"_id,omitempty"`
 	ImdbID      string        `bson:"imdb_id" json:"imdb_id" validate:"required"`
 	ReleaseYear int           `bson:"release_year" json:"release_year" validate:"required"` // how to get this to be a numeric value that is four digits starting with 19?
 	Title       string        `bson:"title" json:"title" validate:"required,min=2,max=500"`