diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomFieldsValidator.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomFieldsValidator.cs
index 89fe0ec6..b1c370d5 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomFieldsValidator.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/CustomFieldsValidator.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
                 return;
 
 
-            var FormTemplate = JArray.Parse(formCustom.Template);
+            var OuterJson=JObject.Parse(formCustom.Template);
+            //var FormTemplate = JArray.Parse(formCustom.Template);
+            var FormTemplate=(JArray)OuterJson["template"];
             var ThisFormCustomFieldsList = FormAvailableFields.FormFields(formCustom.FormKey).Where(x => x.Custom == true).Select(x => x.Key).ToList();
 
             //If the customFields string is empty then only validation is if any of the fields are required to be filled in
diff --git a/server/AyaNova/biz/RequiredFieldsValidator.cs b/server/AyaNova/biz/RequiredFieldsValidator.cs
index 6e18b40f..83f6c162 100644
--- a/server/AyaNova/biz/RequiredFieldsValidator.cs
+++ b/server/AyaNova/biz/RequiredFieldsValidator.cs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ namespace AyaNova.Biz
 
             var OuterJson=JObject.Parse(formCustom.Template);
             //var FormTemplate = JArray.Parse(formCustom.Template);
-            var FormTemplate=OuterJson["template"];
+            var FormTemplate=(JArray)OuterJson["template"];
             var FormFields = FormAvailableFields.FormFields(formCustom.FormKey);
             // var ThisFormNormalFieldsList = FormFields.Where(x => x.Custom == false).Select(x => x.Key).ToList();