diff --git a/TGS.Server/Instance/Repository.cs b/TGS.Server/Instance/Repository.cs
index 58cea755f5..a34ffc0cbd 100644
--- a/TGS.Server/Instance/Repository.cs
+++ b/TGS.Server/Instance/Repository.cs
@@ -962,7 +962,7 @@ namespace TGS.Server
 							}
 
 							var dick = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, object>>(json);
-							var user = dick["user"] as IDictionary<string, object>;
+							var user = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, object>>((string)dick["user"]);
 
 							newPR.Add("commit", atSHA ?? branch.Tip.Sha);
 							newPR.Add("author", (string)user["login"]);
diff --git a/TGS.Server/RepoConfig.cs b/TGS.Server/RepoConfig.cs
index 1e5f917aaf..9f115d7955 100644
--- a/TGS.Server/RepoConfig.cs
+++ b/TGS.Server/RepoConfig.cs
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ namespace TGS.Server
 			var json = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, object>>(rawdata);
 			try
 			{
-				var details = json["changelog"] as IDictionary<string, object>;
+				var details = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<IDictionary<string, object>>((string)json["changelog"]);
 				PathToChangelogPy = (string)details["script"];
 				ChangelogPyArguments = (string)details["arguments"];
 				ChangelogSupport = true;