diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/config.yaml b/src/backend/langflow/config.yaml
index 1ff2c026b..4060d1f3e 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/config.yaml
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/config.yaml
@@ -52,7 +52,6 @@ llms:
   - OpenAI
   # - AzureOpenAI
   - ChatOpenAI
-  - HuggingFaceHub
   - LlamaCpp
   - CTransformers
   - Cohere
diff --git a/src/backend/langflow/interface/loading.py b/src/backend/langflow/interface/loading.py
index cd6898a7f..69c697823 100644
--- a/src/backend/langflow/interface/loading.py
+++ b/src/backend/langflow/interface/loading.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ from langflow.utils import util, validate
 def instantiate_class(node_type: str, base_type: str, params: Dict) -> Any:
     """Instantiate class from module type and key, and params"""
     params = convert_params_to_sets(params)
-
+    params = convert_kwargs(params)
     if node_type in CUSTOM_AGENTS:
         custom_agent = CUSTOM_AGENTS.get(node_type)
         if custom_agent:
@@ -50,6 +50,16 @@ def convert_params_to_sets(params):
     return params
 
 
+def convert_kwargs(params):
+    # if *kwargs are passed as a string, convert to dict
+    # first find any key that has kwargs in it
+    kwargs_keys = [key for key in params.keys() if "kwargs" in key]
+    for key in kwargs_keys:
+        if isinstance(params[key], str):
+            params[key] = json.loads(params[key])
+    return params
+
+
 def instantiate_based_on_type(class_object, base_type, node_type, params):
     if base_type == "agents":
         return instantiate_agent(class_object, params)