diff --git a/server/database/queries/getMealsByCat.js b/server/database/queries/getMealsByCat.js
index 6246682..ffd2169 100644
--- a/server/database/queries/getMealsByCat.js
+++ b/server/database/queries/getMealsByCat.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 const connection = require('../../database/config/connection');
 
 const getMealsByCat = (categoryName) => connection.query(
-    'Select * from menu_category c inner join meal m on (c.id = m.category_id) where c.name=$1',
+    'Select c.name as category, m.*  from menu_category c inner join meal m on (c.id = m.category_id) where c.name=$1',
     [categoryName],
   );
 
diff --git a/test/getMeals.test.js b/test/getMeals.test.js
index fa9256d..dbb525c 100644
--- a/test/getMeals.test.js
+++ b/test/getMeals.test.js
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ module.exports = test('Testing for getMeals route', (t) => {
         'The code value must be 200 in the response body',
       );
       res.body.data.forEach((ele) => t.equal(ele.category_id, 1, 'All category ids must be 1'),);
+      res.body.data.forEach((ele) => t.equal(ele.category, 'main', 'All category names must be main'),);
       t.end();
     });
 });