diff --git a/server/gpu/modal/reflector_llm.py b/server/gpu/modal/reflector_llm.py
index 10cf4772..fd8a4aae 100644
--- a/server/gpu/modal/reflector_llm.py
+++ b/server/gpu/modal/reflector_llm.py
@@ -172,13 +172,16 @@ def web():
 
     class LLMRequest(BaseModel):
         prompt: str
-        schema: Optional[str] = None
+        schema: Optional[dict] = None
 
     @app.post("/llm", dependencies=[Depends(apikey_auth)])
     async def llm(
         req: LLMRequest,
     ):
-        func = llmstub.generate.spawn(prompt=req.prompt, schema=req.schema)
+        if req.schema:
+            func = llmstub.generate.spawn(prompt=req.prompt, schema=json.dumps(req.schema))
+        else:
+            func = llmstub.generate.spawn(prompt=req.prompt)
         result = func.get()
         return result
 
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/llm_banana.py b/server/reflector/llm/llm_banana.py
index 07119613..56fc0e69 100644
--- a/server/reflector/llm/llm_banana.py
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/llm_banana.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import json
-
 import httpx
 from reflector.llm.base import LLM
 from reflector.settings import settings
@@ -18,7 +16,7 @@ class BananaLLM(LLM):
     async def _generate(self, prompt: str, schema: dict | None, **kwargs):
         json_payload = {"prompt": prompt}
         if schema:
-            json_payload["schema"] = json.dumps(schema)
+            json_payload["schema"] = schema
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             response = await retry(client.post)(
                 settings.LLM_URL,
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/llm_modal.py b/server/reflector/llm/llm_modal.py
index ea9ff152..ce0de02a 100644
--- a/server/reflector/llm/llm_modal.py
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/llm_modal.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import json
-
 import httpx
 from reflector.llm.base import LLM
 from reflector.settings import settings
@@ -28,7 +26,7 @@ class ModalLLM(LLM):
     async def _generate(self, prompt: str, schema: dict | None, **kwargs):
         json_payload = {"prompt": prompt}
         if schema:
-            json_payload["schema"] = json.dumps(schema)
+            json_payload["schema"] = schema
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             response = await retry(client.post)(
                 self.llm_url,
diff --git a/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobabooga.py b/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobabooga.py
index 6c5a68ec..411014c5 100644
--- a/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobabooga.py
+++ b/server/reflector/llm/llm_oobabooga.py
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-import json
-
 import httpx
 from reflector.llm.base import LLM
 from reflector.settings import settings
@@ -9,7 +7,7 @@ class OobaboogaLLM(LLM):
     async def _generate(self, prompt: str, schema: dict | None, **kwargs):
         json_payload = {"prompt": prompt}
         if schema:
-            json_payload["schema"] = json.dumps(schema)
+            json_payload["schema"] = schema
         async with httpx.AsyncClient() as client:
             response = await client.post(
                 settings.LLM_URL,