diff --git a/lib/main.js b/lib/main.js
index ebac238c..6301e863 100644
--- a/lib/main.js
+++ b/lib/main.js
@@ -222,7 +222,7 @@ function jwtParser(federatedToken) {
     return __awaiter(this, void 0, void 0, function* () {
         let tokenPayload = federatedToken.split('.')[1];
         let bufferObj = Buffer.from(tokenPayload, "base64");
-        let decodedPayload = bufferObj.toString("utf8");
+        let decodedPayload = JSON.stringify(bufferObj.toString("utf8"));
         return [decodedPayload["iss"], decodedPayload["sub"]];
     });
 }
diff --git a/src/main.ts b/src/main.ts
index 1978db96..a72a0317 100644
--- a/src/main.ts
+++ b/src/main.ts
@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@ async function jwtParser(federatedToken) {
 
     let tokenPayload= federatedToken.split('.')[1];
     let bufferObj = Buffer.from(tokenPayload, "base64");
-    let decodedPayload = bufferObj.toString("utf8");
+    let decodedPayload = JSON.stringify(bufferObj.toString("utf8"));
     return [decodedPayload["iss"],decodedPayload["sub"]];
 }
 main();
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