diff --git a/greenmine/base/middleware.py b/greenmine/base/middleware.py
index 8623f62f..26413c37 100644
--- a/greenmine/base/middleware.py
+++ b/greenmine/base/middleware.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class GreenmineSessionMiddleware(object):
 
 COORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS = getattr(settings, 'COORS_ALLOWED_ORIGINS', '*')
 COORS_ALLOWED_METHODS = getattr(settings, 'COORS_ALLOWED_METHODS',
-                            ['POST', 'GET', 'OPTIONS', 'PUT', 'DELETE'])
+                            ['POST', 'GET', 'OPTIONS', 'PUT', 'DELETE', 'PATCH'])
 COORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS = getattr(settings, 'COORS_ALLOWED_HEADERS',
                             ['Content-Type', 'X-Requested-With',
                              'X-Session-Token', 'Accept-Encoding'])
diff --git a/greenmine/scrum/admin.py b/greenmine/scrum/admin.py
index 9b769a5d..e8bf37bc 100644
--- a/greenmine/scrum/admin.py
+++ b/greenmine/scrum/admin.py
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ admin.site.register(models.Milestone, MilestoneAdmin)
 
 
 class UserStoryAdmin(reversion.VersionAdmin):
-    list_display = ["ref", "milestone", "project", "owner"]
+    list_display = ["ref", "milestone", "project", "owner", 'status', 'is_closed']
 
 admin.site.register(models.UserStory, UserStoryAdmin)
 
diff --git a/greenmine/scrum/api.py b/greenmine/scrum/api.py
index 3e6b8ffd..a4eb8c12 100644
--- a/greenmine/scrum/api.py
+++ b/greenmine/scrum/api.py
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class ProjectDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     permission_classes = (ProjectDetailPermission,)
 
 
-class MilestoneList(SimpleFilterMixin, generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+class MilestoneList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     model = Milestone
     serializer_class = MilestoneSerializer
     filter_fields = ('project',)
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ class MilestoneDetail(generics.RetrieveUpdateDestroyAPIView):
     permission_classes = (MilestoneDetailPermission,)
 
 
-class UserStoryList(SimpleFilterMixin, generics.ListCreateAPIView):
+class UserStoryList(generics.ListCreateAPIView):
     model = UserStory
     serializer_class = UserStorySerializer
     filter_fields = ('project', 'milestone')
diff --git a/greenmine/scrum/models.py b/greenmine/scrum/models.py
index 3256472d..c8a74785 100644
--- a/greenmine/scrum/models.py
+++ b/greenmine/scrum/models.py
@@ -247,8 +247,12 @@ class UserStory(models.Model):
     def __unicode__(self):
         return u"{0} ({1})".format(self.subject, self.ref)
 
+    @property
+    def is_closed(self):
+        return self.status.is_closed
+
     def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
-        if not self.ref and self.project:
+        if self.ref is None and self.project:
             self.ref = ref_uniquely(self.project, "last_us_ref", self.__class__)
 
         super(UserStory, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
diff --git a/greenmine/scrum/serializers.py b/greenmine/scrum/serializers.py
index c43d79ab..691de5ab 100644
--- a/greenmine/scrum/serializers.py
+++ b/greenmine/scrum/serializers.py
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ class PickleField(serializers.WritableField):
         return obj
 
     def from_native(self, data):
-        return json.loads(data)
+        return data
 
 
 class ProjectSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class ProjectSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
 
 class UserStorySerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer):
     tags = PickleField()
+    is_closed = serializers.BooleanField()
 
     class Meta:
         model = UserStory