diff --git a/app/Http/Middleware/UserAuthEndpoint.php b/app/Http/Middleware/UserAuthEndpoint.php
index 364e563f..acf11fae 100644
--- a/app/Http/Middleware/UserAuthEndpoint.php
+++ b/app/Http/Middleware/UserAuthEndpoint.php
@@ -46,10 +46,11 @@ final class UserAuthEndpoint
 
     public function handle($request, Closure $next, $required_groups)
     {
-        $user_id = $this->context->getCurrentUserId();
-        if (is_null($user_id)) return $next($request);
+        $member_id = $this->context->getCurrentUserExternalId();
+        if (is_null($member_id)) return $next($request);
+
+        $member = $this->member_repository->getById($member_id);
 
-        $member = $this->member_repository->getById($user_id);
         if (is_null($member)){
             $http_response = Response::json(['error' => 'member not found'], 403);
             return $http_response;
@@ -61,7 +62,7 @@ final class UserAuthEndpoint
 
         foreach ($required_groups as $required_group) {
             foreach ($groups as $member_group){
-                if ($required_group == $member_group->getCode()) {
+                if (strtolower($required_group) == strtolower($member_group->getCode())) {
                     return $next($request);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/app/ModelSerializers/SummitEventFeedbackSerializer.php b/app/ModelSerializers/SummitEventFeedbackSerializer.php
index f92e0a92..c42f4ba7 100644
--- a/app/ModelSerializers/SummitEventFeedbackSerializer.php
+++ b/app/ModelSerializers/SummitEventFeedbackSerializer.php
@@ -23,10 +23,10 @@ final class SummitEventFeedbackSerializer extends SilverStripeSerializer
 {
     protected static $array_mappings = array
     (
-        'Rate' => 'rate:json_int',
-        'Note' => 'note:json_string',
-        'Created' => 'created_date:datetime_epoch',
-        'EventId' => 'event_id:json_int',
+        'Rate'       => 'rate:json_int',
+        'Note'       => 'note:json_string',
+        'CreatedUTC' => 'created_date:datetime_epoch',
+        'EventId'    => 'event_id:json_int',
     );
 
     /**
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ final class SummitEventFeedbackSerializer extends SilverStripeSerializer
         if (is_null($member)) return $values;
 
         $values['owner_id'] = intval($member->getId());
-
         if (!empty($expand)) {
             foreach (explode(',', $expand) as $relation) {
                 switch (trim($relation)) {