diff --git a/tests/apps/tethysapp-test_app/tethysapp/test_app/app.py b/tests/apps/tethysapp-test_app/tethysapp/test_app/app.py
index 18ac405b6..a222b77e3 100644
--- a/tests/apps/tethysapp-test_app/tethysapp/test_app/app.py
+++ b/tests/apps/tethysapp-test_app/tethysapp/test_app/app.py
@@ -39,12 +39,14 @@ def custom_settings(self):
                 name="default_name",
                 type=CustomSetting.TYPE_STRING,
                 description="Default model name.",
+                include_in_api=True,
                 required=True,
             ),
             CustomSetting(
                 name="max_count",
                 type=CustomSetting.TYPE_INTEGER,
                 description="Maximum allowed count in a method.",
+                include_in_api=False,
                 required=False,
             ),
             CustomSetting(
@@ -57,6 +59,7 @@ def custom_settings(self):
                 name="enable_feature",
                 type=CustomSetting.TYPE_BOOLEAN,
                 description="Enable this feature when True.",
+                include_in_api=True,
                 required=False,
             ),
             JSONCustomSetting(
@@ -72,6 +75,7 @@ def custom_settings(self):
             JSONCustomSetting(
                 name="JSON_setting_default_value_required",
                 description="This is JSON setting with a default value",
+                include_in_api=True,
                 required=True,
                 default={"Test": "JSON test String"},
             ),
@@ -84,6 +88,7 @@ def custom_settings(self):
             SecretCustomSetting(
                 name="Secret_Test_required",
                 description="This is SECRET setting with required True",
+                include_in_api=True,
                 required=True,
             ),
             SecretCustomSetting(
diff --git a/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_portal/test_views/test_api.py b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_portal/test_views/test_api.py
index 54a40b873..860f01142 100644
--- a/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_portal/test_views/test_api.py
+++ b/tests/unit_tests/test_tethys_portal/test_views/test_api.py
@@ -195,10 +195,13 @@ def test_get_app_authenticated(self):
         )
         self.assertDictEqual(
             {
-                "change_factor": {"type": "FLOAT", "value": None},
+                "JSON_setting_default_value_required": {
+                    "type": "JSON",
+                    "value": {"Test": "JSON test String"},
+                },
+                "Secret_Test_required": {"type": "SECRET", "value": None},
                 "default_name": {"type": "STRING", "value": None},
                 "enable_feature": {"type": "BOOLEAN", "value": None},
-                "max_count": {"type": "INTEGER", "value": None},
             },
             json["customSettings"],
         )
diff --git a/tethys_apps/migrations/0005_customsettingbase_include_in_api.py b/tethys_apps/migrations/0005_customsettingbase_include_in_api.py
index 75223d46b..c64a7e75b 100644
--- a/tethys_apps/migrations/0005_customsettingbase_include_in_api.py
+++ b/tethys_apps/migrations/0005_customsettingbase_include_in_api.py
@@ -4,15 +4,14 @@
 
 
 class Migration(migrations.Migration):
-
     dependencies = [
-        ('tethys_apps', '0004_rename_display_external_proxyapp_display_external_icon'),
+        ("tethys_apps", "0004_rename_display_external_proxyapp_display_external_icon"),
     ]
 
     operations = [
         migrations.AddField(
-            model_name='customsettingbase',
-            name='include_in_api',
+            model_name="customsettingbase",
+            name="include_in_api",
             field=models.BooleanField(default=False),
         ),
     ]
diff --git a/tethys_portal/views/api.py b/tethys_portal/views/api.py
index 809b480be..9ab155315 100644
--- a/tethys_portal/views/api.py
+++ b/tethys_portal/views/api.py
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def get_app(request, app):
     if request.user.is_authenticated:
         metadata["customSettings"] = dict()
         for s in app.custom_settings:
-            if s.type_custom_setting != "SIMPLE":
+            if not s.include_in_api:
                 continue
 
             v = None
@@ -73,7 +73,9 @@ def get_app(request, app):
                 pass
 
             metadata["customSettings"][s.name] = {
-                "type": s.type,
+                "type": s.type
+                if s.type_custom_setting == "SIMPLE"
+                else s.type_custom_setting,
                 "value": v,
             }