diff --git a/beacon_chain/rpc/rest_debug_api.nim b/beacon_chain/rpc/rest_debug_api.nim
index e374edf43..8fddc0e4e 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/rpc/rest_debug_api.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/rpc/rest_debug_api.nim
@@ -85,40 +85,6 @@ proc installDebugApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: BeaconNode) =
   if node.config.debugForkChoice or experimental in node.dag.updateFlags:
     router.api(MethodGet,
                "/eth/v1/debug/fork_choice") do () -> RestApiResponse:
-      type
-        NodeValidity {.pure.} = enum
-          valid = "VALID",
-          invalid = "INVALID",
-          optimistic = "OPTIMISTIC"
-
-        NodeExtraData = object
-          justified_root: Eth2Digest
-          finalized_root: Eth2Digest
-          u_justified_checkpoint: Option[Checkpoint]
-          u_finalized_checkpoint: Option[Checkpoint]
-          best_child: Eth2Digest
-          best_descendant: Eth2Digest
-
-        Node = object
-          slot: Slot
-          block_root: Eth2Digest
-          parent_root: Eth2Digest
-          justified_epoch: Epoch
-          finalized_epoch: Epoch
-          weight: uint64
-          validity: NodeValidity
-          execution_block_hash: Eth2Digest
-          extra_data: Option[NodeExtraData]
-
-        ExtraData = object
-          discard
-
-        GetForkChoiceResponse = object
-          justified_checkpoint: Checkpoint
-          finalized_checkpoint: Checkpoint
-          fork_choice_nodes: seq[Node]
-          extra_data: ExtraData
-
       template forkChoice: auto = node.attestationPool[].forkChoice
 
       var response = GetForkChoiceResponse(
@@ -139,7 +105,7 @@ proc installDebugApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: BeaconNode) =
             else:
               none(Checkpoint)
 
-        response.fork_choice_nodes.add Node(
+        response.fork_choice_nodes.add RestNode(
           slot: item.bid.slot,
           block_root: item.bid.root,
           parent_root: item.parent,
@@ -148,13 +114,13 @@ proc installDebugApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: BeaconNode) =
           weight: cast[uint64](item.weight),
           validity:
             if item.invalid:
-              NodeValidity.invalid
+              RestNodeValidity.invalid
             elif node.dag.is_optimistic(item.bid.root):
-              NodeValidity.optimistic
+              RestNodeValidity.optimistic
             else:
-              NodeValidity.valid,
+              RestNodeValidity.valid,
           execution_block_hash: node.dag.loadExecutionBlockHash(item.bid),
-          extra_data: some NodeExtraData(
+          extra_data: some RestNodeExtraData(
             justified_root: item.checkpoints.justified.root,
             finalized_root: item.checkpoints.finalized.root,
             u_justified_checkpoint: u_justified_checkpoint,
@@ -162,4 +128,4 @@ proc installDebugApiHandlers*(router: var RestRouter, node: BeaconNode) =
             best_child: item.bestChild,
             bestDescendant: item.bestDescendant))
 
-      return RestApiResponse.jsonResponse(response)
+      return RestApiResponse.jsonResponsePlain(response)
diff --git a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/eth2_rest_serialization.nim b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/eth2_rest_serialization.nim
index 97882a4f1..6777f77e4 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/eth2_rest_serialization.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/eth2_rest_serialization.nim
@@ -2667,6 +2667,12 @@ proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson],
     writer.writeField("execution_optimistic", value.optimistic.get())
   writer.endRecord()
 
+## RestNodeValidity
+proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson],
+                 value: RestNodeValidity) {.
+     raises: [IOError, Defect].} =
+  writer.writeValue($value)
+
 ## RestSyncInfo
 proc writeValue*(writer: var JsonWriter[RestJson],
                  value: RestSyncInfo) {.
diff --git a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/rest_types.nim b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/rest_types.nim
index 399f09b3b..695f78da8 100644
--- a/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/rest_types.nim
+++ b/beacon_chain/spec/eth2_apis/rest_types.nim
@@ -671,6 +671,39 @@ type
   GetValidatorsActivityResponse* = DataEnclosedObject[seq[RestActivityItem]]
   GetValidatorsLivenessResponse* = DataEnclosedObject[seq[RestLivenessItem]]
 
+  RestNodeValidity* {.pure.} = enum
+    valid = "VALID",
+    invalid = "INVALID",
+    optimistic = "OPTIMISTIC"
+
+  RestNodeExtraData* = object
+    justified_root*: Eth2Digest
+    finalized_root*: Eth2Digest
+    u_justified_checkpoint*: Option[Checkpoint]
+    u_finalized_checkpoint*: Option[Checkpoint]
+    best_child*: Eth2Digest
+    best_descendant*: Eth2Digest
+
+  RestNode* = object
+    slot*: Slot
+    block_root*: Eth2Digest
+    parent_root*: Eth2Digest
+    justified_epoch*: Epoch
+    finalized_epoch*: Epoch
+    weight*: uint64
+    validity*: RestNodeValidity
+    execution_block_hash*: Eth2Digest
+    extra_data*: Option[RestNodeExtraData]
+
+  RestExtraData* = object
+    discard
+
+  GetForkChoiceResponse* = object
+    justified_checkpoint*: Checkpoint
+    finalized_checkpoint*: Checkpoint
+    fork_choice_nodes*: seq[RestNode]
+    extra_data*: RestExtraData
+
 func `==`*(a, b: RestValidatorIndex): bool =
   uint64(a) == uint64(b)