diff --git a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
index 55284a3eb..c3f18f514 100644
--- a/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/form_handler.php
@@ -5381,6 +5381,11 @@ var_dump($select_options);*/
 					$value = defset($value,$value);
 				}
 
+				if(is_array($value) && ($attributes['data'] === 'json'))
+				{
+					$value = e107::serialize($value, 'json');
+				}
+
 				if(!empty($parms['truncate']))
 				{
 					$value = $tp->text_truncate($value, $parms['truncate'], '...');
@@ -6760,6 +6765,11 @@ var_dump($select_options);*/
 					$ret = '';
 				}
 
+				if(is_array($value) && ($attributes['data'] === 'json'))
+				{
+					$value = e107::serialize($value, 'json');
+				}
+
 				$ret .=  $this->hidden($key, $value);
 			break;
 
diff --git a/e107_handlers/model_class.php b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
index 038105356..2270d52e9 100755
--- a/e107_handlers/model_class.php
+++ b/e107_handlers/model_class.php
@@ -3645,7 +3645,7 @@ class e_tree_model extends e_front_model
 	 *
 	 * Sets the count in $this->_total
 	 *
-	 * @param resource $sql SQL resource that executed a query
+	 * @param e_db_pdo $sql SQL resource that executed a query
 	 * @return int Number of results from the latest query
 	 */
 	protected function countResults($sql)