diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index a2e0870..552017d 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -19,6 +19,25 @@ def create_db():
     models.Base.metadata.create_all(bind=engine)
 
 
+def _json_quotes(s):
+    return s.replace("'", '"')
+
+
+def adapt_movie_data(data_in: dict):
+    import copy, json
+
+    data_out = copy.deepcopy(data_in)
+
+    # adapt genresd to stringlist
+    breakpoint()
+
+    data_out["genres"] = [
+        genre["name"] for genre in json.loads(_json_quotes(data_in["genres"]))
+    ]
+
+    return data_out
+
+
 def fill_db(
     db=SessionLocal(), movie_input_file: str = "input_data/movies_metadata_short.csv"
 ):
@@ -28,7 +47,8 @@ def fill_db(
 
     with open(movie_input_file) as csvfile:
         for movie_data in csv.DictReader(csvfile):
-            crud.create_movie(db, **movie_data)
+            adapted_data = adapt_movie_data(movie_data)
+            crud.create_movie(db, **adapted_data)
 
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":