diff --git a/app/templates/home.html b/app/templates/home.html
index dc1dcbe..1655831 100644
--- a/app/templates/home.html
+++ b/app/templates/home.html
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
     <!-- Take readiwse api key input -->
     <form action="/readwise" method="POST">
         <label for="api_key">Readwise API Key</label>
-        <input type="text" name="readwise_api_key" id="api_key", value="{{ readwise_api_key }}">
+        <input type="text" name="readwise_api_key" id="api_key", value="{{ readwise_api_key }}" required>
         <input type="submit" value="Submit">
     </form>
 
diff --git a/database/main.py b/database/main.py
index a694ec4..700e5a0 100644
--- a/database/main.py
+++ b/database/main.py
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ def get_token_by_id(id):
         'email': token.email,
         'access_token': token.access_token,
         'refresh_token': token.refresh_token,
-        'expiration_seconds': token.expiration_seconds,
+        'expiration_seconds': int(token.expiration_seconds),
         'readwise_api_key': token.readwise_api_key,
         'active': token.active,
         'timestamp': int(token.timestamp.timestamp())