diff --git a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
index 64642a61..a83a1e5b 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/submissions_controller.rb
@@ -75,13 +75,7 @@ module Api
         end
       end
 
-      json = submissions.flat_map do |submission|
-        submission.submitters.map do |s|
-          Submitters::SerializeForApi.call(s, with_documents: false, with_urls: true, params:)
-        end
-      end
-
-      render json:
+      render json: build_create_json(submissions)
     rescue Submitters::NormalizeValues::BaseError => e
       Rollbar.warning(e) if defined?(Rollbar)
 
@@ -102,6 +96,18 @@ module Api
 
     private
 
+    def build_create_json(submissions)
+      json = submissions.flat_map do |submission|
+        submission.submitters.map do |s|
+          Submitters::SerializeForApi.call(s, with_documents: false, with_urls: true, params:)
+        end
+      end
+
+      json = { submitters: json } if request.path.ends_with?('/init')
+
+      json
+    end
+
     def create_submissions(template, params)
       is_send_email = !params[:send_email].in?(['false', false])
 
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index a91dd94b..438bd16e 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ Rails.application.routes.draw do
     resources :submitters, only: %i[index show update]
     resources :submissions, only: %i[index show create destroy] do
       collection do
+        resources :init, only: %i[create], controller: 'submissions'
         resources :emails, only: %i[create], controller: 'submissions', as: :submissions_emails
       end
     end