diff --git a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
index 8ea8558fb3..dcd0af5c66 100644
--- a/website/src/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
+++ b/website/src/controllers/api-v3/challenges.js
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ api.createChallenge = {
     group.challengeCount += 1;
 
     req.body.leader = user._id;
-    req.body.official = user.contributor.admin && req.body.official;
+    req.body.official = user.contributor.admin && req.body.official ? true : false;
     let challenge = new Challenge(Challenge.sanitize(req.body));
 
     // First validate challenge so we don't save group if it's invalid (only runs sync validators)
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ api.createChallenge = {
       type: group.type,
       privacy: group.privacy,
     };
+
     res.respond(201, response);
   },
 };
diff --git a/website/src/models/challenge.js b/website/src/models/challenge.js
index b508b5bc07..4919862700 100644
--- a/website/src/models/challenge.js
+++ b/website/src/models/challenge.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ let schema = new Schema({
   leader: {type: String, ref: 'User', validate: [validator.isUUID, 'Invalid uuid.'], required: true},
   group: {type: String, ref: 'Group', validate: [validator.isUUID, 'Invalid uuid.'], required: true},
   memberCount: {type: Number, default: 1},
-  prize: {type: Number, default: 0, min: 0}, // TODO no update?
+  prize: {type: Number, default: 0, min: 0},
 }, {
   strict: true,
   minimize: false, // So empty objects are returned