diff --git a/app/controllers/user_badges_controller.rb b/app/controllers/user_badges_controller.rb
index 3044d7c1656..2dc333536cd 100644
--- a/app/controllers/user_badges_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/user_badges_controller.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ class UserBadgesController < ApplicationController
   def index
     params.require(:username)
     user = fetch_user_from_params
-    render json: user.user_badges
+    render_serialized(user.user_badges, UserBadgeSerializer, root: "user_badges")
   end
 
   def create
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ class UserBadgesController < ApplicationController
     badge = fetch_badge_from_params
     user_badge = BadgeGranter.grant(badge, user, granted_by: current_user)
 
-    render json: user_badge
+    render_serialized(user_badge, UserBadgeSerializer, root: "user_badge")
   end
 
   def destroy