diff --git a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
index 5f3a99d47..524b54ead 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
+++ b/src/frontend/src/CustomNodes/GenericNode/index.tsx
@@ -107,7 +107,6 @@ export default function GenericNode({
       setValidationStatus(null);
     }
   }, [sseData, data.id]);
-
   return (
     <>
       <NodeToolbar>
diff --git a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
index a9b157c66..4b431cb22 100644
--- a/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
+++ b/src/frontend/src/utils/reactflowUtils.ts
@@ -311,15 +311,20 @@ export function getConnectedNodes(
   return nodes.filter((node) => node.id === targetId || node.id === sourceId);
 }
 
-export function convertObjToArray(singleObject) {
+export function convertObjToArray(singleObject: object | string) {
+  if (typeof singleObject === "string") {
+    singleObject = JSON.parse(singleObject);
+  }
   if (Array.isArray(singleObject)) return singleObject;
 
-  let arrConverted: any = [];
-  for (const key in singleObject) {
-    if (singleObject.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
-      const newObj = {};
-      newObj[key] = singleObject[key];
-      arrConverted.push(newObj);
+  let arrConverted: any[] = [];
+  if (typeof singleObject === "object") {
+    for (const key in singleObject) {
+      if (Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(singleObject, key)) {
+        const newObj = {};
+        newObj[key] = singleObject[key];
+        arrConverted.push(newObj);
+      }
     }
   }
   return arrConverted;