diff --git a/newsroom/oauth_clients/clients_async.py b/newsroom/oauth_clients/clients_async.py
index c191f7d53..fcaea1d1a 100644
--- a/newsroom/oauth_clients/clients_async.py
+++ b/newsroom/oauth_clients/clients_async.py
@@ -1,18 +1,24 @@
-from content_api import MONGO_PREFIX
-from typing import Optional, Annotated, List, Dict, Union
-from superdesk.core.resources import ResourceModel, ResourceConfig, MongoResourceConfig
+import logging
+from pydantic import Field
+from datetime import datetime
+from typing import Optional, Annotated, List, Dict
+
+
+from superdesk.core.resources import ResourceModel, ResourceConfig, MongoResourceConfig, validators
 from superdesk.core.resources.service import AsyncResourceService
 from superdesk.core.web import EndpointGroup
-from pydantic import Field
-import logging
-from bson import ObjectId
+
+
+from content_api import MONGO_PREFIX
 
 
 class ClientResource(ResourceModel):
-    id: Annotated[Union[str, ObjectId], Field(alias="_id")] = None
-    name: str
+    name: Annotated[
+        Optional[str],
+        validators.validate_iunique_value_async(resource_name="oauth_clients", field_name="name"),
+    ]
     password: str
-    last_active: Optional[str] = None
+    last_active: Optional[datetime] = None
     etag: Annotated[Optional[str], Field(alias="_etag")] = None
 
 
@@ -21,7 +27,7 @@ class ClientService(AsyncResourceService[ClientResource]):
 
     resource_name = "oauth_clients"
 
-    async def get_all_client(self) -> List[Dict]:
+    async def get_all_clients(self) -> List[Dict]:
         try:
             # Collect all items asynchronously
             clients = [client async for client in self.get_all()]
diff --git a/newsroom/oauth_clients/views.py b/newsroom/oauth_clients/views.py
index 39d7421ae..b06c83e4a 100644
--- a/newsroom/oauth_clients/views.py
+++ b/newsroom/oauth_clients/views.py
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@
 
 
 async def get_settings_data():
-    data = await ClientService().get_all_client()
+    data = await ClientService().get_all_clients()
     return {
         "oauth_clients": data,
     }
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ async def create(request: Request) -> Response:
 
     password = gen_password()
     doc = {
+        "_id": ObjectId(),
         "name": client.get("name"),
         "password": bcrypt.hashpw(password.encode(), bcrypt.gensalt()).decode(),
     }