diff --git a/src/database/de.rs b/src/database/de.rs
index f648b89a..4f5be6fc 100644
--- a/src/database/de.rs
+++ b/src/database/de.rs
@@ -351,6 +351,10 @@ impl<'a, 'de: 'a> de::Deserializer<'de> for &'a mut Deserializer<'de> {
 
 		match self.record_peek_byte() {
 			| Some(b'{') => self.deserialize_map(visitor),
+			| Some(b'[') => serde_json::Deserializer::from_slice(self.record_next())
+				.deserialize_seq(visitor)
+				.map_err(Into::into),
+
 			| _ => self.deserialize_str(visitor),
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/service/users/mod.rs b/src/service/users/mod.rs
index 3c43968a..fe064d9c 100644
--- a/src/service/users/mod.rs
+++ b/src/service/users/mod.rs
@@ -947,13 +947,12 @@ impl Service {
 		user_id: &UserId,
 		profile_key: &str,
 	) -> Result<serde_json::Value> {
+		let key = (user_id, profile_key);
 		self.db
 			.useridprofilekey_value
-			.qry(&(user_id, profile_key))
+			.qry(&key)
 			.await
-			.deserialized::<Raw<serde_json::Value>>()
-			.map(serde_json::to_value)?
-			.map_err(Into::into)
+			.deserialized()
 	}
 
 	/// Gets all the user's profile keys and values in an iterator
@@ -961,16 +960,14 @@ impl Service {
 		&'a self,
 		user_id: &'a UserId,
 	) -> impl Stream<Item = (String, serde_json::Value)> + 'a + Send {
-		type KeyVal = ((Ignore, String), Raw<serde_json::Value>);
+		type KeyVal = ((Ignore, String), serde_json::Value);
 
 		let prefix = (user_id, Interfix);
 		self.db
 			.useridprofilekey_value
 			.stream_prefix(&prefix)
 			.ignore_err()
-			.ready_filter_map(|((_, key), val): KeyVal| {
-				Some((key, serde_json::to_value(val).ok()?))
-			})
+			.map(|((_, key), val): KeyVal| (key, val))
 	}
 
 	/// Sets a new profile key value, removes the key if value is None