diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
index 7d5de2b63..d573a2ae2 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/api/v1/schemas.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 from typing import Any, Dict, List, Union
-from langflow.database.models.flow import FlowCreate
-
+from langflow.database.models.flow import FlowCreate, FlowRead
 from pydantic import BaseModel, validator
 
 
@@ -73,3 +72,7 @@ class FileResponse(ChatMessage):
 
 class FlowListCreate(BaseModel):
     flows: List[FlowCreate]
+
+
+class FlowListRead(BaseModel):
+    flows: List[FlowRead]
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/models/base.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e20895b93
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+from sqlmodel import SQLModel
+import orjson
+
+
+def orjson_dumps(v, *, default):
+    # orjson.dumps returns bytes, to match standard json.dumps we need to decode
+    return orjson.dumps(v, default=default).decode()
+
+
+class SQLModelSerializable(SQLModel):
+    class Config:
+        orm_mode = True
+        json_loads = orjson.loads
+        json_dumps = orjson_dumps
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
index 5ad49c668..0b71463a0 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
@@ -1,16 +1,18 @@
+# Path: src/backend/langflow/database/models/flow.py
+
+from langflow.database.models.base import SQLModelSerializable
 from pydantic import validator
-from sqlmodel import Field, SQLModel, Relationship, JSON, Column
+from sqlmodel import Field, Relationship, JSON, Column
 from uuid import UUID, uuid4
-from typing import TYPE_CHECKING, Dict
+from typing import Dict, Optional
 
-if TYPE_CHECKING:
-    from langflow.database.models.flowstyle import FlowStyle
+# if TYPE_CHECKING:
+from langflow.database.models.flow_style import FlowStyle, FlowStyleRead
 
 
-class FlowBase(SQLModel):
+class FlowBase(SQLModelSerializable):
     name: str = Field(index=True)
     flow: Dict = Field(default_factory=dict, sa_column=Column(JSON))
-    style: "FlowStyle" = Relationship(back_populates="flow")
 
     @validator("flow")
     def validate_json(v):
@@ -30,18 +32,12 @@ class FlowBase(SQLModel):
 
         return v
 
-    # @validator("flow")
-    # def flow_must_be_json(cls, v):
-    #     try:
-    #         valid_json = json.loads(v)
-
-    #     except Exception as e:
-    #         raise ValueError(f"Flow must be a valid JSON: {e}") from e
-    #     return v
-
 
 class Flow(FlowBase, table=True):
     id: UUID = Field(default_factory=uuid4, primary_key=True, unique=True)
+    style: Optional["FlowStyle"] = Relationship(
+        back_populates="flow", sa_relationship_kwargs={"uselist": False}
+    )
 
 
 class FlowCreate(FlowBase):
@@ -50,3 +46,12 @@ class FlowCreate(FlowBase):
 
 class FlowRead(FlowBase):
     id: UUID
+
+
+class FlowReadWithStyle(FlowRead):
+    style: Optional["FlowStyleRead"] = None
+
+
+class FlowUpdate(SQLModelSerializable):
+    name: Optional[str] = None
+    flow: Optional[Dict] = None