diff --git a/Core/Utils/Json/Converters/EftEnumConverter.cs b/Core/Utils/Json/Converters/EftEnumConverter.cs
index 4a649240..eec74024 100644
--- a/Core/Utils/Json/Converters/EftEnumConverter.cs
+++ b/Core/Utils/Json/Converters/EftEnumConverter.cs
@@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ public class EftEnumConverter<T> : JsonConverter<T>
 
     public override void WriteAsPropertyName(Utf8JsonWriter writer, [DisallowNull] T value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
     {
-        JsonSerializer.Serialize(writer, value, _options);
+        writer.WritePropertyName(value.ToString());
     }
 }
diff --git a/UnitTests/Tests/Utils/JsonUtilTests.cs b/UnitTests/Tests/Utils/JsonUtilTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f7d768e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/UnitTests/Tests/Utils/JsonUtilTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+using Core.Models.Enums;
+using Core.Utils;
+
+namespace UnitTests.Tests.Utils;
+
+[TestClass]
+public class JsonUtilTests
+{
+    private readonly JsonUtil _jsonUtil = new();
+    [TestMethod]
+    public void SerializeAndDeserialize_WithDictionaryOfETFEnum_ExpectCorrectParsing()
+    {
+        var value = new Dictionary<QuestStatusEnum, int> { { QuestStatusEnum.AvailableForStart, 1 } };
+        var result = _jsonUtil.Deserialize<Dictionary<QuestStatusEnum, int>>(_jsonUtil.Serialize(value));
+        Assert.AreEqual(value.Count, result.Count);
+        Assert.AreEqual(value.First().Key, result.First().Key);
+        Assert.AreEqual(value.First().Value, result.First().Value);
+    }
+}