diff --git a/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py
index 604cf22..d98ba20 100755
--- a/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py
+++ b/mqtt/send-mqtt-to-dbus.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def on_mqtt_message(client, userdata, message):
     logging.debug('Message received topic:%s payload:%s', message.topic, message.payload.decode("utf-8"))
 
     # Or you can customize this to fit your needs
-    signal = {message.topic: message.payload.decode("utf-8")}
+    signal = {message.topic: json.loads(message.payload.decode("utf-8"))}
     userdata['emit'].message(json.dumps((signal)))
 
     logging.debug('Sending signal: %s', json.dumps(signal))