diff --git a/Program.cs b/Program.cs
index 0f69f05..a6b1163 100644
--- a/Program.cs
+++ b/Program.cs
@@ -39,14 +39,11 @@ namespace creatureBirdDwarf
                 string responseFromServer = dataStream.ReadToEnd();
                 OracleIDd = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Card>>(responseFromServer);
             }
-            foreach (var card in OracleIDd)
-            {
-                card.prices = null;
-            }
+            stripData(ref OracleIDd);
 
-            Console.WriteLine("stripped price data, writing to file");
+            Console.WriteLine("stripped external (price and edhrec rank) data, writing to file");
 
-            File.WriteAllText("./oracle-now.json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(OracleIDd, Formatting.Indented));
+            File.WriteAllText("./oracle-now.json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(OracleIDd, Formatting.Indented, new Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.StringEnumConverter()));
             var checksumNow = GetChecksum("./oracle-now.json");
             Console.WriteLine($"oracled checksum: {checksumNow}");
 
@@ -74,11 +71,8 @@ namespace creatureBirdDwarf
                 {
                     string responseFromServer = dataStream.ReadToEnd();
                     defaultList = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<List<Card>>(responseFromServer);
-                    foreach (var card in defaultList)
-                    {
-                        card.prices = null;
-                    }
-                    File.WriteAllText("./default.json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(defaultList, Formatting.Indented));
+                    stripData(ref defaultList);
+                    File.WriteAllText("./default.json", JsonConvert.SerializeObject(defaultList, Formatting.Indented, new Newtonsoft.Json.Converters.StringEnumConverter()));
                 }
             }
             else
@@ -88,6 +82,15 @@ namespace creatureBirdDwarf
             }
         }
 
+        private static void stripData(ref List<Card> collection)
+        {
+            foreach (var card in collection)
+            {
+                card.prices = null;
+                card.edhrec_rank = null;
+            }
+        }
+
         private static string GetChecksum(string filePath)
         {
             using (var stream = new BufferedStream(File.OpenRead(filePath), 1200000))