diff --git a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Controllers/BotController.cs b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Controllers/BotController.cs
index a5806ca9..2f485c6b 100644
--- a/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Controllers/BotController.cs
+++ b/Libraries/SPTarkov.Server.Core/Controllers/BotController.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 using System.Diagnostics;
+using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
 using SPTarkov.DI.Annotations;
 using SPTarkov.Server.Core.Constants;
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ public class BotController(
     ///     Get the core.json difficulty settings from database/bots
     /// </summary>
     /// <returns></returns>
-    public Dictionary<string, object> GetBotCoreDifficulty()
+    public Dictionary<string, JsonElement> GetBotCoreDifficulty()
     {
         return databaseService.GetBots().Core;
     }