diff --git a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/src/executableSchema.ts b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/src/executableSchema.ts
index 9227e496..45b570d7 100644
--- a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/src/executableSchema.ts
+++ b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/src/executableSchema.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { GraphQLSchema } from 'graphql'
 import {
   IPv4Resolver,
   IPv6Resolver,
-  JSONObjectResolver,
+  JSONResolver,
   TimestampResolver,
   URLResolver
 } from 'graphql-scalars'
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ export const scalarResolvers = {
   Hash32Hex: util.scalars.Hash32Hex,
   IPv4: IPv4Resolver,
   IPv6: IPv6Resolver,
-  JSONObject: JSONObjectResolver,
+  JSONObject: JSONResolver,
   Percentage: util.scalars.Percentage,
   StakeAddress: util.scalars.StakeAddress,
   StakePoolID: util.scalars.StakePoolID,
diff --git a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/__snapshots__/transactions.query.test.ts.snap b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/__snapshots__/transactions.query.test.ts.snap
index 7b7648db..aa0a86db 100644
--- a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/__snapshots__/transactions.query.test.ts.snap
+++ b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/__snapshots__/transactions.query.test.ts.snap
@@ -105,54 +105,6 @@ Object {
 }
 `;
 
-exports[`transactions Can return transaction metadata if present 1`] = `
-Object {
-  "transactions": Array [
-    Object {
-      "metadata": Array [
-        Object {
-          "key": "0",
-          "value": Object {
-            "La_RepsistancE": "Was here",
-          },
-        },
-        Object {
-          "key": "1",
-          "value": Object {
-            "Choices": Array [
-              Object {
-                "CandidateId": "aaa9503a-6fc5-46ea-9aa0-b4c90f361a4c",
-                "VoteRank": 1,
-                "VoteWeight": 1,
-              },
-              Object {
-                "CandidateId": "8d649c12-936e-46be-b65a-c17f30f59574",
-                "VoteRank": 2,
-                "VoteWeight": 1,
-              },
-              Object {
-                "CandidateId": "81ce7f8e-94c3-4835-91fc-2146d51fa1fc",
-                "VoteRank": 0,
-                "VoteWeight": 0,
-              },
-              Object {
-                "CandidateId": "407540aa-58b5-40ca-b484-f40040eb2990",
-                "VoteRank": 3,
-                "VoteWeight": 1,
-              },
-            ],
-            "NetworkId": "TheRealAdamDean",
-            "ObjectType": "VoteBallot",
-            "ProposalId": "80064c28-1b03-4f1c-abf0-ca8c5a98d5b9",
-            "VoterId": "d990a1e8-cb90-4f59-b5cf-a8b59c9ba8ae",
-          },
-        },
-      ],
-    },
-  ],
-}
-`;
-
 exports[`transactions Returns transactions by hashes 1`] = `
 Object {
   "transactions": Array [
@@ -315,3 +267,94 @@ Object {
   ],
 }
 `;
+
+exports[`transactions metadata JSON object 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "transactions": Array [
+    Object {
+      "metadata": Array [
+        Object {
+          "key": "0",
+          "value": Object {
+            "La_RepsistancE": "Was here",
+          },
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "1",
+          "value": Object {
+            "Choices": Array [
+              Object {
+                "CandidateId": "aaa9503a-6fc5-46ea-9aa0-b4c90f361a4c",
+                "VoteRank": 1,
+                "VoteWeight": 1,
+              },
+              Object {
+                "CandidateId": "8d649c12-936e-46be-b65a-c17f30f59574",
+                "VoteRank": 2,
+                "VoteWeight": 1,
+              },
+              Object {
+                "CandidateId": "81ce7f8e-94c3-4835-91fc-2146d51fa1fc",
+                "VoteRank": 0,
+                "VoteWeight": 0,
+              },
+              Object {
+                "CandidateId": "407540aa-58b5-40ca-b484-f40040eb2990",
+                "VoteRank": 3,
+                "VoteWeight": 1,
+              },
+            ],
+            "NetworkId": "TheRealAdamDean",
+            "ObjectType": "VoteBallot",
+            "ProposalId": "80064c28-1b03-4f1c-abf0-ca8c5a98d5b9",
+            "VoterId": "d990a1e8-cb90-4f59-b5cf-a8b59c9ba8ae",
+          },
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
+
+exports[`transactions metadata JSON string 1`] = `
+Object {
+  "transactions": Array [
+    Object {
+      "metadata": Array [
+        Object {
+          "key": "0",
+          "value": "MelDemo1",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "1",
+          "value": "454654654564564654",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "2",
+          "value": "sha256",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "3",
+          "value": "http://127.0.0.1/data.json",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "4",
+          "value": "dsfgdfsgsdfgsdfgsdfgdsfdfgdsfgdfgdfsgsdef",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "5",
+          "value": "http://127.0.0.1/client_publickey.txt",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "6",
+          "value": "kjfsdhgdjiksfedhdgjksdhfgjksdfhgjklsdhf",
+        },
+        Object {
+          "key": "7",
+          "value": "http://scantrust/server_publickey.txt",
+        },
+      ],
+    },
+  ],
+}
+`;
diff --git a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/transactions.query.test.ts b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/transactions.query.test.ts
index e7531279..0d9352f4 100644
--- a/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/transactions.query.test.ts
+++ b/packages/api-cardano-db-hasura/test/transactions.query.test.ts
@@ -117,11 +117,22 @@ describe('transactions', () => {
     })
     expect(result.data).toMatchSnapshot()
   })
-  it('Can return transaction metadata if present', async () => {
-    const result = await client.query({
-      query: await loadQueryNode('transactionByIdWithMetadataIfPresent'),
-      variables: { hash: 'f910021138e553c65b96cf3e4647927fcd9f634e06544251f83cffb1891876e8' }
+
+  describe('metadata', () => {
+    it('JSON object', async () => {
+      const result = await client.query({
+        query: await loadQueryNode('transactionByIdWithMetadataIfPresent'),
+        variables: { hash: 'f910021138e553c65b96cf3e4647927fcd9f634e06544251f83cffb1891876e8' }
+      })
+      expect(result.data).toMatchSnapshot()
+    })
+
+    it('JSON string', async () => {
+      const result = await client.query({
+        query: await loadQueryNode('transactionByIdWithMetadataIfPresent'),
+        variables: { hash: '204ca3088bbab666692f39dddb9b773e6fb20b0d0c3e464407985fa7863e5bac' }
+      })
+      expect(result.data).toMatchSnapshot()
     })
-    expect(result.data).toMatchSnapshot()
   })
 })