diff --git a/app/__init__.py b/app/__init__.py
index b70fbf35..09c78f2a 100644
--- a/app/__init__.py
+++ b/app/__init__.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# from apifairy import APIFairy
+from apifairy import APIFairy
 from config import Config
 from docker import DockerClient
 from flask import Flask
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from flask_apscheduler import APScheduler
 from flask_assets import Environment
 from flask_login import LoginManager
 from flask_mail import Mail
-# from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
+from flask_marshmallow import Marshmallow
 from flask_migrate import Migrate
 from flask_paranoid import Paranoid
 from flask_socketio import SocketIO
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ from flask_sqlalchemy import SQLAlchemy
 from flask_hashids import Hashids
 
 
-# apifairy = APIFairy()
+apifairy = APIFairy()
 assets = Environment()
 db = SQLAlchemy()
 docker_client = DockerClient()
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ hashids = Hashids()
 login = LoginManager()
 login.login_view = 'auth.login'
 login.login_message = 'Please log in to access this page.'
-# ma = Marshmallow()
+ma = Marshmallow()
 mail = Mail()
 migrate = Migrate(compare_type=True)
 paranoid = Paranoid()
@@ -45,12 +45,12 @@ def create_app(config: Config = Config) -> Flask:
         registry=app.config['NOPAQUE_DOCKER_REGISTRY']
     )
 
-    # apifairy.init_app(app)
+    apifairy.init_app(app)
     assets.init_app(app)
     db.init_app(app)
     hashids.init_app(app)
     login.init_app(app)
-    # ma.init_app(app)
+    ma.init_app(app)
     mail.init_app(app)
     migrate.init_app(app, db)
     paranoid.init_app(app)
@@ -63,8 +63,8 @@ def create_app(config: Config = Config) -> Flask:
     from .admin import bp as admin_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(admin_blueprint, url_prefix='/admin')
 
-    # from .api import bp as api_blueprint
-    # app.register_blueprint(api_blueprint, url_prefix='/api')
+    from .api import bp as api_blueprint
+    app.register_blueprint(api_blueprint, url_prefix='/api')
 
     from .auth import bp as auth_blueprint
     app.register_blueprint(auth_blueprint)
diff --git a/app/templates/_base/sidenav.html.j2 b/app/templates/_base/sidenav.html.j2
index c5dedec0..784f1ab0 100644
--- a/app/templates/_base/sidenav.html.j2
+++ b/app/templates/_base/sidenav.html.j2
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@
   </li>
 
   {# general items #}
-  {# {% if current_user.can('USE_API') %}
+  {% if current_user.can('USE_API') %}
   <li>
     <a class="waves-effect" href="{{ url_for('apifairy.docs') }}"><i class="material-icons">api</i>API</a>
   </li>
-  {% endif %} #}
+  {% endif %}
   <li>
     <a class="waves-effect modal-trigger" href="#manual-modal"><i class="material-icons">school</i>Manual</a>
   </li>
diff --git a/requirements.freezed.txt b/requirements.freezed.txt
index e1427633..a5c2daa4 100644
--- a/requirements.freezed.txt
+++ b/requirements.freezed.txt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ Flask-Hashids==1.0.3
 Flask-HTTPAuth==4.8.0
 Flask-Login==0.6.3
 Flask-Mail==0.9.1
-flask-marshmallow==1.2.1
+flask-marshmallow==0.14.0
 Flask-Migrate==4.0.7
 Flask-Paranoid==0.3.0
 Flask-SocketIO==5.3.6
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ joblib==1.4.0
 Mako==1.3.3
 MarkupSafe==2.1.5
 marshmallow==3.21.1
+marshmallow-sqlalchemy==1.0.0
 nltk==3.8.1
 packaging==24.0
 psycopg2==2.9.9
@@ -53,7 +54,7 @@ requests==2.31.0
 simple-websocket==1.0.0
 six==1.16.0
 SQLAlchemy==1.4.52
-tqdm==4.66.2
+tqdm==4.66.4
 typing_extensions==4.11.0
 tzlocal==5.2
 urllib3==2.2.1
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 886edd31..71c7daaa 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -7,16 +7,16 @@ Flask==2.3.3
 Flask-APScheduler
 Flask-Assets
 Flask-Hashids
-# Flask-HTTPAuth
+Flask-HTTPAuth
 Flask-Login
 Flask-Mail
-# flask-marshmallow
+flask-marshmallow==0.14.0
 Flask-Migrate
 Flask-Paranoid
 Flask-SocketIO
 Flask-SQLAlchemy==2.5.1
 Flask-WTF
-# marshmallow-sqlalchemy
+marshmallow-sqlalchemy
 nltk
 psycopg2
 PyJWT