diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/CategoryController.php b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/CategoryController.php
index 5225fca28b..1fa628cbcf 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Controllers/CategoryController.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Controllers/CategoryController.php
@@ -47,9 +47,7 @@ use League\Fractal\Resource\Item;
 class CategoryController extends Controller
 {
     use TransactionFilter;
-
-    /** @var CategoryRepositoryInterface The category repository */
-    private $repository;
+    private CategoryRepositoryInterface $repository;
 
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryStoreRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryStoreRequest.php
index 3edc6c80c0..405739c833 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryStoreRequest.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryStoreRequest.php
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class CategoryStoreRequest extends FormRequest
     public function getAll(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name' => $this->string('name'),
+            'name'  => $this->string('name'),
+            'notes' => $this->nlString('notes'),
         ];
     }
 
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ class CategoryStoreRequest extends FormRequest
     public function rules(): array
     {
         return [
-            'name'    => 'required|between:1,100|uniqueObjectForUser:categories,name'
+            'name' => 'required|between:1,100|uniqueObjectForUser:categories,name',
         ];
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryUpdateRequest.php b/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryUpdateRequest.php
index 45b7b3ca13..29b6e003fe 100644
--- a/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryUpdateRequest.php
+++ b/app/Api/V1/Requests/CategoryUpdateRequest.php
@@ -43,8 +43,15 @@ class CategoryUpdateRequest extends FormRequest
      */
     public function getAll(): array
     {
+        $notes = null;
+        $all   = $this->all();
+        if (array_key_exists('notes', $all)) {
+            $notes = $this->nlString('notes');
+        }
+
         return [
-            'name' => $this->string('name'),
+            'name'  => $this->string('name'),
+            'notes' => $notes,
         ];
     }