diff --git a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
index ab87f1e01..2e48b5b32 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/constants/constants.ts
@@ -115,9 +115,9 @@ export const EDIT_DIALOG_SUBTITLE =
 export const CODE_PROMPT_DIALOG_SUBTITLE =
   "Edit your Python code. This code snippet accepts module import and a single function definition. Make sure that your function returns a string.";
 
-  
+
 export const CODE_DICT_DIALOG_SUBTITLE =
-"Edit your dictionary. This dialog allows you to create your own customized dictionary. You can add as many key-value pairs as you want.";
+  "Edit your dictionary. This dialog allows you to create your own customized dictionary. You can add as many key-value pairs as you want. The editor uses eval(<input-value>). While in edit mode, you can enter ({}) or ([]), which will cause the result of eval to become a new object or array.";
 
 /**
  * The base text for subtitle of Prompt Dialog
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
index aebf36eab..da503befc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
@@ -292,6 +292,9 @@ export function getConnectedNodes(
 }
 
 export function convertObjToArray(singleObject) {
+
+  if (Array.isArray(singleObject)) return singleObject;
+
   let arrConverted: any = [];
   for (const key in singleObject) {
     if (singleObject.hasOwnProperty(key)) {