diff --git a/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Categories.cs b/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Categories.cs
index b95e31f1..59120f99 100644
--- a/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Categories.cs
+++ b/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Categories.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System.Net;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using LeaderboardBackend.Models;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.Entities;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.Requests;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.ViewModels;
@@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ public static async Task CreateCategory_GetCategory_OK()
                     Slug = "1_player",
                     LeaderboardId = createdLeaderboard.Id,
                     Info = null,
-                    SortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending
+                    SortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending,
+                    Type = RunType.Time
                 },
                 Jwt = _jwt
             }
diff --git a/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Runs.cs b/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Runs.cs
index 3d988131..016c9f3e 100644
--- a/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Runs.cs
+++ b/LeaderboardBackend.Test/Runs.cs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 using System;
 using System.Threading.Tasks;
+using LeaderboardBackend.Models;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.Entities;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.Requests;
 using LeaderboardBackend.Models.ViewModels;
@@ -57,7 +58,8 @@ public async Task SetUp()
                         Slug = "120_stars",
                         LeaderboardId = createdLeaderboard.Id,
                         Info = null,
-                        SortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending
+                        SortDirection = SortDirection.Ascending,
+                        Type = RunType.Time
                     },
                     Jwt = _jwt,
                 }
diff --git a/LeaderboardBackend/Models/Requests/CategoryRequests.cs b/LeaderboardBackend/Models/Requests/CategoryRequests.cs
index 0a4f644a..97573b51 100644
--- a/LeaderboardBackend/Models/Requests/CategoryRequests.cs
+++ b/LeaderboardBackend/Models/Requests/CategoryRequests.cs
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ public record CreateCategoryRequest
 
     /// <inheritdoc cref="Category.SortDirection" />
     public required SortDirection SortDirection { get; set; }
+
+    /// <inheritdoc cref="Category.Type" />
+    public required RunType Type { get; set; }
 }
diff --git a/LeaderboardBackend/openapi.json b/LeaderboardBackend/openapi.json
index b8c9c689..01410866 100644
--- a/LeaderboardBackend/openapi.json
+++ b/LeaderboardBackend/openapi.json
@@ -976,7 +976,8 @@
           "leaderboardId",
           "name",
           "slug",
-          "sortDirection"
+          "sortDirection",
+          "type"
         ],
         "type": "object",
         "properties": {
@@ -1003,6 +1004,9 @@
           },
           "sortDirection": {
             "$ref": "#/components/schemas/SortDirection"
+          },
+          "type": {
+            "$ref": "#/components/schemas/RunType"
           }
         },
         "additionalProperties": false,