diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/basic.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/basic.py
index 94906cabbd..6f1bb7b3d1 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/basic.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/basic.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from typing import Any, List
 
 from backend.data.block import Block, BlockCategory, BlockOutput, BlockSchema, BlockType
 from backend.data.model import SchemaField
+from backend.util import json
 from backend.util.file import MediaFile, store_media_file
 from backend.util.mock import MockObject
 from backend.util.text import TextFormatter
@@ -153,6 +154,9 @@ class FindInDictionaryBlock(Block):
         obj = input_data.input
         key = input_data.key
 
+        if isinstance(obj, str):
+            obj = json.loads(obj)
+
         if isinstance(obj, dict) and key in obj:
             yield "output", obj[key]
         elif isinstance(obj, list) and isinstance(key, int) and 0 <= key < len(obj):