diff --git a/src/industry-change-application/industry-change-application.service.ts b/src/industry-change-application/industry-change-application.service.ts
index 0dcdcba..4d1f0c0 100644
--- a/src/industry-change-application/industry-change-application.service.ts
+++ b/src/industry-change-application/industry-change-application.service.ts
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import {
   NotFoundException,
 } from '@nestjs/common';
 import { InjectModel } from '@nestjs/mongoose';
+import { instanceToPlain, plainToInstance } from 'class-transformer';
 import { Model } from 'mongoose';
 import {
   ApplicationStatus,
@@ -27,17 +28,6 @@ const requestedFields = [
   'regulatoryElectionSub',
 ];
 
-const fieldsToExpose = [
-  'id',
-  'residentSub',
-  'current',
-  'requested',
-  'status',
-  'submittedAt',
-  'decision',
-  'objectStatus',
-];
-
 @Injectable()
 export class IndustryChangeApplicationService {
   constructor(
@@ -174,12 +164,15 @@ export class IndustryChangeApplicationService {
     return findApplication.save();
   }
 
-  // I wrote this because I could not for the life of me get class-transformer to
-  // play along with mongo documents. I do not have experience with either, so this
-  // was a last ditch effort.
   makeReadable(input: IndustryChangeApplication | IndustryChangeApplication[]) {
-    return Array.isArray(input)
-      ? input.map((object) => take(takeMongoObject(object), fieldsToExpose))
-      : take(takeMongoObject(input), fieldsToExpose);
+    if (Array.isArray(input)) {
+      return input.map((item) => this.makeReadable(item));
+    }
+
+    const response = plainToInstance(
+      IndustryChangeApplication,
+      (input as IndustryChangeApplicationDocument).toJSON(),
+    );
+    return instanceToPlain(response);
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/industry-change-application/schemas/IndustryChangeApplication.schema.ts b/src/industry-change-application/schemas/IndustryChangeApplication.schema.ts
index 0de6301..41d7df9 100644
--- a/src/industry-change-application/schemas/IndustryChangeApplication.schema.ts
+++ b/src/industry-change-application/schemas/IndustryChangeApplication.schema.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { HydratedDocument } from 'mongoose';
 import { Decision } from './Decision.schema';
 import { ApplicationStatus, ObjectStatus } from 'src/enums/status.enum';
 import { ICAInformation } from './ICAInformation.schema';
+import { Exclude, Expose, Transform } from 'class-transformer';
 
 export type IndustryChangeApplicationDocument =
   HydratedDocument<IndustryChangeApplication>;
@@ -11,6 +12,13 @@ export type IndustryChangeApplicationDocument =
   timestamps: true,
 })
 export class IndustryChangeApplication {
+  @Expose({ name: 'id' })
+  @Transform(({ key, obj }) => obj[key].toString())
+  _id: string;
+
+  @Exclude()
+  __v: number;
+
   @Prop({
     required: true,
   })
@@ -42,9 +50,11 @@ export class IndustryChangeApplication {
   @Prop({ type: Decision })
   decision: Decision;
 
+  @Exclude()
   @Prop()
   createdBy: string;
 
+  @Exclude()
   @Prop()
   updatedBy: string;
 
@@ -56,8 +66,10 @@ export class IndustryChangeApplication {
   })
   objectStatus: ObjectStatus;
 
+  @Exclude()
   createdAt: Date;
 
+  @Exclude()
   updatedAt: Date;
 }