diff --git a/backend/app.py b/backend/app.py
index ee9d8ce02..21da86142 100644
--- a/backend/app.py
+++ b/backend/app.py
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
 # Sample search using json with pandas
 def json_search(query):
     matches = movies_df[movies_df['title'].str.lower().str.contains(query.lower()) | movies_df['original_title'].str.lower().str.contains(query.lower())]
-    matches_filtered = matches[['title', 'overview', 'vote_average', 'reviews']]  # Adjusted to match relevant fields in the new JSON
+    matches_filtered = matches[['title', 'overview', 'vote_average', 'reviews','image','popularity']]  # Adjusted to match relevant fields in the new JSON
     matches_filtered_json = matches_filtered.to_json(orient='records')
     return matches_filtered_json
 def genre_search(genre): 
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ def is_genre_present(genres_str, genre):
         return False
 
     matches = movies_df[movies_df['genres'].apply(lambda g: is_genre_present(g, genre))]
-    matches_filtered = matches[['title', 'overview', 'vote_average','reviews']]    
+    matches_filtered = matches[['title', 'overview', 'vote_average', 'reviews','image','popularity']]  
     matches_filtered_json = matches_filtered.to_json(orient='records')
     return matches_filtered_json
 
diff --git a/backend/checkjson.py b/backend/checkjson.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..296487d90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/backend/checkjson.py
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+import json
+
+with open('init.json', 'r') as file:
+    data = json.load(file)
+    for item in data:
+        print(item['popularity'], item['image'])