diff --git a/cmd/api/movies.go b/cmd/api/movies.go
index 547174e..467cd70 100644
--- a/cmd/api/movies.go
+++ b/cmd/api/movies.go
@@ -10,10 +10,10 @@ import (
 
 func (app *application) createMovieHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	var input struct {
-		Title   string   `json:"title"`
-		Year    int32    `json:"year"`
-		Runtime int32    `json:"runtime"`
-		Genres  []string `json:"genres"`
+		Title   string       `json:"title"`
+		Year    int32        `json:"year"`
+		Runtime data.Runtime `json:"runtime"`
+		Genres  []string     `json:"genres"`
 	}
 
 	err := app.readJSON(w, r, &input)
diff --git a/internal/data/runtime.go b/internal/data/runtime.go
index 85295bb..59e6260 100644
--- a/internal/data/runtime.go
+++ b/internal/data/runtime.go
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package data
 
 import (
+	"errors"
 	"fmt"
 	"strconv"
+	"strings"
 )
 
+var ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat = errors.New("invalid runtime format")
+
 type Runtime int32
 
 func (r Runtime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
@@ -13,3 +17,23 @@ func (r Runtime) MarshalJSON() ([]byte, error) {
 	quotedJSONValue := strconv.Quote(jsonValue)
 	return []byte(quotedJSONValue), nil
 }
+
+func (r *Runtime) UnmarshalJSON(jsonValue []byte) error {
+	unquotedJSONValue, err := strconv.Unquote(string(jsonValue))
+
+	if err != nil {
+		return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat
+	}
+
+	parts := strings.Split(unquotedJSONValue, " ")
+	if len(parts) != 2 || parts[1] != "mins" {
+		return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat
+	}
+
+	i, err := strconv.ParseInt(parts[0], 10, 32)
+	if err != nil {
+		return ErrInvalidRuntimeFormat
+	}
+	*r = Runtime(i)
+	return nil
+}