diff --git a/Models/Item.cs b/Models/Item.cs
index 23ecb63..2726273 100644
--- a/Models/Item.cs
+++ b/Models/Item.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ namespace BuecherwurmAPI.Models
     }
     public class ItemPost
     {
-        [Required]
         public int BookId { get; set; }
     }
     
diff --git a/Models/ItemModel.cs b/Models/ItemModel.cs
index 37017b0..f2ef1b1 100644
--- a/Models/ItemModel.cs
+++ b/Models/ItemModel.cs
@@ -98,8 +98,7 @@ namespace BuecherwurmAPI.Models
                 command.Parameters.Add(new SqliteParameter("@bookId", itemPost.BookId));
                 command.ExecuteNonQuery();
                 command.CommandText = "select last_insert_rowid()";
-                Int64 LastRowId64 = (Int64)command.ExecuteScalar();
-                long LastRowId = (long)LastRowId64;
+                var LastRowId64 = (long)command.ExecuteScalar();
                 var item = new Item{
                     ItemId = LastRowId64,
                     BookId = itemPost.BookId