diff --git a/src/main/java/com/redhat/pctsec/model/api/request/ComponentJsonDeserializer.java b/src/main/java/com/redhat/pctsec/model/api/request/ComponentJsonDeserializer.java
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+package com.redhat.pctsec.model.api.request;
+
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JacksonException;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParser;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.DeserializationContext;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonDeserializer;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+public class ComponentJsonDeserializer extends JsonDeserializer<Component> {
+
+    @Override
+    public Component deserialize(JsonParser jsonParser, DeserializationContext deserializationContext) throws IOException, JacksonException {
+
+        JsonNode node = jsonParser.readValueAsTree();
+        JsonNode componentT = node.get("type");
+        if(componentT.asText().equals("git"))
+        {
+            URI repo = URI.create(node.get("repo").asText());
+            String ref = node.get("ref").asText();
+            return new git(repo, ref);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            return new build(componentT.asText(), node.get("build-id").asText());
+        }
+
+    }
+}