diff --git a/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py b/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
index 774fd0df6..74f13e4e6 100644
--- a/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
+++ b/src/apps/api/views/competitions.py
@@ -195,6 +195,8 @@ def get_permissions(self):
     def get_serializer_class(self):
         if self.action == 'list':
             return CompetitionSerializerSimple
+        if self.action == 'public':
+            return CompetitionSerializerSimple
         elif self.action in ['get_phases', 'results', 'get_leaderboard_frontend_object']:
             return LeaderboardPhaseSerializer
         elif self.request.method == 'GET':