diff --git a/ai_ta_backend/modal/pest_detection.py b/ai_ta_backend/modal/pest_detection.py
index 9d7a1ad0..bd04e9d0 100644
--- a/ai_ta_backend/modal/pest_detection.py
+++ b/ai_ta_backend/modal/pest_detection.py
@@ -98,8 +98,8 @@ async def predict(self, request: Request):
     image_urls = input.get('image_urls', [])
     print(f"Image URLS (no parsing): {image_urls}")
 
-    # image_urls = json.loads(image_urls)
-    # print(f"json parsed Image URLS: {image_urls}")
+    image_urls = json.loads(image_urls)
+    print(f"json parsed Image URLS: {image_urls}")
 
     try:
       # Run the plugin