diff --git a/plane/src/types/backend_state.rs b/plane/src/types/backend_state.rs
index 35028ccdd..5c431ab04 100644
--- a/plane/src/types/backend_state.rs
+++ b/plane/src/types/backend_state.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ use std::{fmt::Display, net::SocketAddr};
 use crate::log_types::{BackendAddr, LoggableTime};
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, PartialOrd, valuable::Valuable)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum BackendStatus {
     /// The backend has been scheduled to a drone, but has not yet been acknowledged.
     /// This status is only assigned by the controller; the drone will never assign it by definition.
@@ -32,12 +33,14 @@ pub enum BackendStatus {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, valuable::Valuable)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum TerminationKind {
     Soft,
     Hard,
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, valuable::Valuable)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum BackendState {
     Scheduled,
     Loading,
@@ -62,6 +65,7 @@ pub enum BackendState {
 }
 
 #[derive(Clone, Copy, Serialize, Deserialize, Debug, PartialEq, valuable::Valuable)]
+#[serde(rename_all = "lowercase")]
 pub enum TerminationReason {
     Swept,
     External,