diff --git a/actix_admin/Cargo.toml b/actix_admin/Cargo.toml
index ac31fe6..871069e 100644
--- a/actix_admin/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix_admin/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ edition = "2021"
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.0.1"
 actix-rt = "2.7.0"
-actix-session = "0.5.0"
+actix-session = "0.6.2"
 tera = "1.15.0"
 actix_admin_macros = { path = "actix_admin_macros" }
 oauth2 = "4.1"
diff --git a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/Cargo.toml b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/Cargo.toml
index 8ef552e..e37c597 100644
--- a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/Cargo.toml
+++ b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,12 +9,13 @@ proc-macro = true
 [dependencies]
 actix-web = "4.0.1"
 actix-rt = "2.7.0"
-actix-session = "0.5.0"
+actix-session = "0.6.2"
 tera = "1.15.0"
 
 oauth2 = "4.1"
 base64 = "0.13.0"
 
+bae = "0.1.7"
 quote = "1.0"
 syn = { version = "1.0", features = ["full", "extra-traits"] }
 proc-macro2 = { version = "1.0.36", default-features = false }
diff --git a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/attributes.rs b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/attributes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..554ef53
--- /dev/null
+++ b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/attributes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+pub mod derive_attr {
+    use bae::FromAttributes;
+
+    #[derive(
+        Debug,
+        Eq,
+        PartialEq,
+        FromAttributes,
+        Default
+    )]
+    pub struct ActixAdmin {
+        pub inner_type: Option<syn::Type>,
+
+        // Anything that implements `syn::parse::Parse` is supported.
+        //mandatory_type: syn::Type,
+        //mandatory_ident: syn::Ident,
+
+        // Fields wrapped in `Option` are optional and default to `None` if
+        // not specified in the attribute.
+        //optional_missing: Option<syn::Type>,
+        //optional_given: Option<syn::Type>,
+
+        // A "switch" is something that doesn't take arguments.
+        // All fields with type `Option<()>` are considered swiches.
+        // They default to `None`.
+        //switch: Option<()>,
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/lib.rs b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/lib.rs
index c795c48..b196122 100644
--- a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/lib.rs
+++ b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/lib.rs
@@ -4,13 +4,15 @@ use quote::quote;
 mod struct_fields;
 use struct_fields::get_fields_for_tokenstream;
 
-#[proc_macro_derive(DeriveActixAdminModel)]
+mod attributes;
+
+#[proc_macro_derive(DeriveActixAdminModel, attributes(actix_admin))]
 pub fn derive_crud_fns(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStream {
     let fields = get_fields_for_tokenstream(input);
 
     let names_const_fields_str = fields
         .iter()
-        .map(|(_vis, ident, _ty)| {
+        .map(|(_vis, ident, _ty, _is_option)| {
             let ident_name = ident.to_string();
             quote! {
                 #ident_name
@@ -21,11 +23,20 @@ pub fn derive_crud_fns(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStrea
     let fields_for_create_model = fields
         .iter()
         // TODO: filter id attr based on struct attr or sea_orm primary_key attr
-        .filter(|(_vis, ident, _ty)| !ident.to_string().eq("id"))
-        .map(|(_vis, ident, ty)| {
+        .filter(|(_vis, ident, _ty, _is_option)| !ident.to_string().eq("id"))
+        .map(|(_vis, ident, ty, is_option)| {
             let ident_name = ident.to_string();
-            quote! {
-                #ident: Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name).unwrap())
+            match is_option {
+                true => {
+                    quote! {
+                        #ident: Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name))
+                    }
+                },
+                false => {
+                    quote! {
+                        #ident: Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name).unwrap())
+                    }
+                }
             }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
@@ -33,22 +44,46 @@ pub fn derive_crud_fns(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStrea
     let fields_for_edit_model = fields
         .iter()
         // TODO: filter id attr based on struct attr or sea_orm primary_key attr
-        .filter(|(_vis, ident, _ty)| !ident.to_string().eq("id"))
-        .map(|(_vis, ident, ty)| {
+        .filter(|(_vis, ident, _ty, _is_option)| !ident.to_string().eq("id"))
+        .map(|(_vis, ident, ty, is_option)| {
             let ident_name = ident.to_string();
-            quote! {
-                entity.#ident = Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name).unwrap())
+            println!("edit {} {:?}", &ident_name, ty);
+            match is_option {
+                true => {
+                    quote! {
+                        entity.#ident = Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name))
+                    }
+                },
+                false => {
+                    quote! {
+                        entity.#ident = Set(model.get_value::<#ty>(#ident_name).unwrap())
+                    }
+                }
             }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
     let fields_for_from_model = fields
         .iter()
-        .map(|(_vis, ident, _ty)| {
+        .map(|(_vis, ident, _ty, is_option)| {
             let ident_name = ident.to_string();
-            quote! {
-                #ident_name => model.#ident.to_string()
+            println!("from {} {:?}", &ident_name, _ty);
+
+            match is_option {
+            true => {
+                quote! {
+                    #ident_name => match model.#ident {
+                        Some(val) => val.to_string(),
+                        None => "".to_owned()
+                    }
+                }
+            },
+            false => {
+                quote! {
+                    #ident_name => model.#ident.to_string()
+                }
             }
+        }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>();
 
@@ -104,6 +139,8 @@ pub fn derive_crud_fns(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> proc_macro::TokenStrea
             async fn create_entity(db: &DatabaseConnection, mut model: ActixAdminModel) -> ActixAdminModel {
                 let new_model = ActiveModel::from(model.clone());
                 let insert_operation = Entity::insert(new_model).exec(db).await;
+                println!("creating {:?}", model);
+                println!("operation {:?}", insert_operation);
 
                 model
             }
diff --git a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/struct_fields.rs b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/struct_fields.rs
index 83030f2..6ebe145 100644
--- a/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/struct_fields.rs
+++ b/actix_admin/actix_admin_macros/src/struct_fields.rs
@@ -3,9 +3,11 @@ use syn::{
     Attribute, Fields, Meta, NestedMeta, Visibility, DeriveInput, Type
 };
 
-const ATTR_META_SKIP: &'static str = "skip";
+use crate::attributes::derive_attr;
 
-pub fn get_fields_for_tokenstream(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> std::vec::Vec<(syn::Visibility, proc_macro2::Ident, Type)> {
+const ACTIX_ADMIN: &'static str = "actix_admin";
+
+pub fn get_fields_for_tokenstream(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> std::vec::Vec<(syn::Visibility, proc_macro2::Ident, Type, bool)> {
     let ast: DeriveInput = syn::parse(input).unwrap();
     let (_vis, ty, _generics) = (&ast.vis, &ast.ident, &ast.generics);
     let _names_struct_ident = Ident::new(&(ty.to_string() + "FieldStaticStr"), Span::call_site());
@@ -19,10 +21,16 @@ pub fn get_fields_for_tokenstream(input: proc_macro::TokenStream) -> std::vec::V
 
 pub fn has_skip_attr(attr: &Attribute, path: &'static str) -> bool {
     if let Ok(Meta::List(meta_list)) = attr.parse_meta() {
+        //println!("1");
+        //println!("{:?}", meta_list.path);
+        //println!("{}", path);
         if meta_list.path.is_ident(path) {
+            //println!("2");
             for nested_item in meta_list.nested.iter() {
                 if let NestedMeta::Meta(Meta::Path(path)) = nested_item {
-                    if path.is_ident(ATTR_META_SKIP) {
+                    //println!("3");
+                    if path.is_ident(ACTIX_ADMIN) {
+                        //println!("true");
                         return true;
                     }
                 }
@@ -32,24 +40,84 @@ pub fn has_skip_attr(attr: &Attribute, path: &'static str) -> bool {
     false
 }
 
-pub fn filter_fields(fields: &Fields) -> Vec<(Visibility, Ident, Type)> {
+pub fn get_field_type<'a>(actix_admin_attr: &'a Option<derive_attr::ActixAdmin>, field: &'a syn::Field) -> &'a syn::Type {
+    match actix_admin_attr {
+        Some(attr) => {
+            match &attr.inner_type {
+                Some(inner_type) => &inner_type,
+                None => &field.ty
+            }
+        },
+        _ => &field.ty
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn filter_fields(fields: &Fields) -> Vec<(Visibility, Ident, Type, bool)> {
     fields
         .iter()
         .filter_map(|field| {
+            let actix_admin_attr = derive_attr::ActixAdmin::try_from_attributes(&field.attrs).unwrap_or_default();
+            
             if field
                 .attrs
                 .iter()
-                .find(|attr| has_skip_attr(attr, "struct_field_names"))
+                .find(|attr| has_skip_attr(attr, ACTIX_ADMIN))
                 .is_none()
                 && field.ident.is_some()
             {
                 let field_vis = field.vis.clone();
                 let field_ident = field.ident.as_ref().unwrap().clone();
-                let field_ty = field.ty.to_owned();
-                Some((field_vis, field_ident, field_ty))
+                println!("{}", field_ident.to_string());
+                let is_option = extract_type_from_option(&field.ty).is_some();
+                let field_ty = get_field_type(&actix_admin_attr, &field).to_owned();
+                Some((field_vis, field_ident, field_ty, is_option))
             } else {
                 None
             }
         })
         .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+}
+
+fn extract_type_from_option(ty: &syn::Type) -> Option<&syn::Type> {
+    use syn::{GenericArgument, Path, PathArguments, PathSegment};
+
+    fn extract_type_path(ty: &syn::Type) -> Option<&Path> {
+        match *ty {
+            syn::Type::Path(ref typepath) if typepath.qself.is_none() => Some(&typepath.path),
+            _ => None,
+        }
+    }
+
+    // TODO store (with lazy static) the vec of string
+    // TODO maybe optimization, reverse the order of segments
+    fn extract_option_segment(path: &Path) -> Option<&PathSegment> {
+        let idents_of_path = path
+            .segments
+            .iter()
+            .into_iter()
+            .fold(String::new(), |mut acc, v| {
+                acc.push_str(&v.ident.to_string());
+                acc.push('|');
+                acc
+            });
+        vec!["Option|", "std|option|Option|", "core|option|Option|"]
+            .into_iter()
+            .find(|s| &idents_of_path == *s)
+            .and_then(|_| path.segments.last())
+    }
+
+    extract_type_path(ty)
+        .and_then(|path| extract_option_segment(path))
+        .and_then(|path_seg| {
+            let type_params = &path_seg.arguments;
+            // It should have only on angle-bracketed param ("<String>"):
+            match *type_params {
+                PathArguments::AngleBracketed(ref params) => params.args.first(),
+                _ => None,
+            }
+        })
+        .and_then(|generic_arg| match *generic_arg {
+            GenericArgument::Type(ref ty) => Some(ty),
+            _ => None,
+        })
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/actix_admin/src/routes/delete_post.rs b/actix_admin/src/routes/delete_post.rs
index d61b246..176edd7 100644
--- a/actix_admin/src/routes/delete_post.rs
+++ b/actix_admin/src/routes/delete_post.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-use actix_web::http::header;
 use actix_web::{web, Error, HttpRequest, HttpResponse};
 
 use crate::prelude::*;
@@ -6,12 +5,12 @@ use crate::prelude::*;
 pub async fn delete_post<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait>(
     _req: HttpRequest,
     data: web::Data<T>,
-    text: String,
+    _text: String,
     id: web::Path<i32>
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let db = &data.get_db();
-    let entity_name = E::get_entity_name();
-    let actix_admin = data.get_actix_admin();
+    //let entity_name = E::get_entity_name();
+    //let actix_admin = data.get_actix_admin();
     //let view_model = actix_admin.view_models.get(&entity_name).unwrap();
     
     // TODO:handle any errors
diff --git a/actix_admin/src/routes/edit_get.rs b/actix_admin/src/routes/edit_get.rs
index eae193e..e69a6b5 100644
--- a/actix_admin/src/routes/edit_get.rs
+++ b/actix_admin/src/routes/edit_get.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ pub async fn edit_get<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait>(
     _req: HttpRequest,
     data: web::Data<T>,
     _body: web::Payload,
-    text: String,
+    _text: String,
     id: web::Path<i32>
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let db = &data.get_db();
diff --git a/actix_admin/src/routes/list.rs b/actix_admin/src/routes/list.rs
index 2143dd9..a72c255 100644
--- a/actix_admin/src/routes/list.rs
+++ b/actix_admin/src/routes/list.rs
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ pub async fn list<T: ActixAdminAppDataTrait, E: ActixAdminViewModelTrait>(
     let result: (usize, Vec<ActixAdminModel>) = E::list(db, page, entities_per_page).await;
     let entities = result.1;
     let num_pages = result.0;
+    println!("{:?}", entities);
 
     let mut ctx = Context::new();
     ctx.insert("entity_names", &entity_names);
diff --git a/database.db b/database.db
index 1060506..3d1e885 100644
Binary files a/database.db and b/database.db differ
diff --git a/database.db-wal b/database.db-wal
index 6cdae97..6c52d74 100644
Binary files a/database.db-wal and b/database.db-wal differ
diff --git a/src/entity/mod.rs b/src/entity/mod.rs
index d999ecb..5c8e320 100644
--- a/src/entity/mod.rs
+++ b/src/entity/mod.rs
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ pub async fn create_post_table(db: &DbConn) -> Result<ExecResult, DbErr> {
         )
         .col(ColumnDef::new(post::Column::Title).string().not_null())
         .col(ColumnDef::new(post::Column::Text).string().not_null())
+        .col(ColumnDef::new(post::Column::TeaMandatory).string().not_null())
+        .col(ColumnDef::new(post::Column::TeaOptional).string())
         .to_owned();
 
     create_table(db, &stmt).await;
diff --git a/src/entity/post.rs b/src/entity/post.rs
index f1b32f9..e69c7ec 100644
--- a/src/entity/post.rs
+++ b/src/entity/post.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 use sea_orm::entity::prelude::*;
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use actix_admin::prelude::*; 
+use std::str::FromStr;
+use std::fmt;
+use std::fmt::Display;
 
 #[derive(Clone, Debug, PartialEq, DeriveEntityModel, Deserialize, Serialize, DeriveActixAdminModel)]
 #[sea_orm(table_name = "post")]
@@ -11,9 +14,42 @@ pub struct Model {
     pub title: String,
     #[sea_orm(column_type = "Text")]
     pub text: String,
+    pub tea_mandatory: Tea,
+    #[actix_admin(inner_type=Tea)]
+    pub tea_optional: Option<Tea>,
 }
 
 #[derive(Copy, Clone, Debug, EnumIter, DeriveRelation)]
 pub enum Relation {}
 
-impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
\ No newline at end of file
+impl ActiveModelBehavior for ActiveModel {}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, EnumIter, DeriveActiveEnum, Deserialize, Serialize)]
+#[sea_orm(rs_type = "String", db_type = "Enum", enum_name = "tea")]
+pub enum Tea {
+    #[sea_orm(string_value = "EverydayTea")]
+    EverydayTea,
+    #[sea_orm(string_value = "BreakfastTea")]
+    BreakfastTea,
+}
+
+impl FromStr for Tea {
+    type Err = ();
+
+    fn from_str(input: &str) -> Result<Tea, Self::Err> {
+        match input {
+            "EverydayTea"  => Ok(Tea::EverydayTea),
+            "BreakfastTea"  => Ok(Tea::BreakfastTea),
+            _      => Err(()),
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl Display for Tea {
+    fn fmt(&self, formatter: &mut fmt::Formatter) -> fmt::Result {
+        match &*self {
+            Tea::EverydayTea => write!(formatter, "{}", String::from("EverydayTea")),
+            Tea::BreakfastTea => write!(formatter, "{}", String::from("BreakfastTea")),
+        }
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file