diff --git a/app/serializers/friend_serializer.py b/app/serializers/friend_serializer.py
index 838689b..e280c39 100644
--- a/app/serializers/friend_serializer.py
+++ b/app/serializers/friend_serializer.py
@@ -1,5 +1,14 @@
 from app.models.friend import Friend
 
+def friend_serialize(friend: list) -> Friend:
+    status = friend['status'] if 'status' in friend else 'null'
+
+    return Friend(**{
+        "id": str(friend["_id"]),
+        "user_id": friend["user_id"],
+        "friend_user_id": friend["friend_user_id"],
+        "status": status
+    })
 
 def friends_serialize(friends: list, external_friends: list) -> dict:
     serialized_friends: dict = {