diff --git a/fiber/chain/commitments.py b/fiber/chain/commitments.py
index fe06cf2..1dc523e 100644
--- a/fiber/chain/commitments.py
+++ b/fiber/chain/commitments.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from typing import Any
+
 from scalecodec import ScaleType
 from substrateinterface import Keypair, SubstrateInterface
 from tenacity import retry, stop_after_attempt, wait_exponential
@@ -24,23 +26,48 @@ def _serialize_commitment_field(field: CommitmentDataField) -> dict[str, bytes]:
     return {serialized_data_type: data}
 
 
-def _deserialize_commitment_field(field: dict[str, bytes | str]) -> CommitmentDataField:
-    data_type, data = field.items().__iter__().__next__()
+def _deserialize_commitment_field(field: dict[str, Any]) -> CommitmentDataField:
+    # Extract the single key/value pair
+    data_type, data = next(iter(field.items()))
 
+    # Handle explicit empty marker
     if data_type == EMPTY_COMMITMENT_FIELD_TYPE:
         return None
 
+    # Normalize the payload into bytes
+    def _normalize_to_bytes(value: Any) -> bytes:
+        if isinstance(value, (bytes, bytearray)):
+            return bytes(value)
+        if isinstance(value, str):
+            # Expect hex string like 0x... ; fall back to utf-8 if not hex
+            if value.startswith("0x"):
+                return bytes.fromhex(value[2:])
+            return value.encode("utf-8")
+        if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)):
+            # Unwrap single-element nesting like ((1,2,3),)
+            current: Any = value
+            while isinstance(current, (list, tuple)) and len(current) == 1 and isinstance(current[0], (list, tuple)):
+                current = current[0]
+            # Sequence of integers
+            return bytes(current)
+        # Last resort: string conversion
+        return str(value).encode("utf-8")
+
+    # Support Raw fields that may include a length suffix (e.g., "Raw83")
     if data_type.startswith(CommitmentDataFieldType.RAW.value):
-        expected_field_data_length = int(data_type[len(CommitmentDataFieldType.RAW.value):])
+        suffix = data_type[len(CommitmentDataFieldType.RAW.value):]
+        expected_length = int(suffix) if suffix.isdigit() else None
         data_type = CommitmentDataFieldType.RAW.value
-        data = bytes.fromhex(data[2:])
-
-        if len(data) != expected_field_data_length:
-            raise ValueError(f"Got commitment raw field expecting {expected_field_data_length} data but got {len(data)} data")
-
-    field: CommitmentDataField = (CommitmentDataFieldType(data_type), data)
+        data_bytes = _normalize_to_bytes(data)
+        if expected_length is not None and len(data_bytes) != expected_length:
+            raise ValueError(
+                f"Got commitment raw field expecting {expected_length} data but got {len(data_bytes)} data"
+            )
+        return (CommitmentDataFieldType(data_type), data_bytes)
 
-    return field
+    # Non-raw fields
+    data_bytes = _normalize_to_bytes(data)
+    return (CommitmentDataFieldType(data_type), data_bytes)
 
 
 @retry(
@@ -146,13 +173,37 @@ def query_commitment(
         netuid,
         hotkey,
         block,
-    ).value
+    )
 
     if not value:
         return None
 
-    fields: list[dict[str, bytes]] = value["info"]["fields"]
-    mapped_fields = [_deserialize_commitment_field(field) for field in fields]
+    # The chain may return nested tuples/lists, e.g., (({...},),)
+    raw_fields: Any = value["info"]["fields"]
+
+    # Unwrap nested containers until we get a sequence of dicts
+    def _unwrap_fields(container: Any) -> list[dict[str, Any]]:
+        current = container
+        while True:
+            if current is None:
+                return []
+            if isinstance(current, dict):
+                # Single dict; wrap in list
+                return [current]
+            if isinstance(current, (list, tuple)):
+                if len(current) == 0:
+                    return []
+                first = current[0]
+                if isinstance(first, dict):
+                    return list(current)  # type: ignore[return-value]
+                # Keep unwrapping one level
+                current = first
+                continue
+            # Unknown shape; return empty to be safe
+            return []
+
+    fields_list = _unwrap_fields(raw_fields)
+    mapped_fields = [_deserialize_commitment_field(field) for field in fields_list]
 
     return CommitmentQuery(
         fields=mapped_fields,
@@ -211,6 +262,9 @@ def get_raw_commitment(
             f"Commitment for {hotkey} in netuid {netuid} is of type {data_type.value} and not {CommitmentDataFieldType.RAW.value}"
         )
 
+    if commitment is None:
+        return None
+
     return RawCommitmentQuery(
         data=data,
         block=commitment.block,