diff --git a/src/services/service.ts b/src/services/service.ts
index 72f662b..40568e2 100755
--- a/src/services/service.ts
+++ b/src/services/service.ts
@@ -1001,8 +1001,17 @@ export default class Services {
       console.error('Unknown process');
       return;
     }
-    const spAddressList = process.states[0].public_data['pairedAddresses'];
-    console.log(spAddressList);
+
+    let spAddressList: string[] = [];
+    try {
+      const encodedSpAddressList = process.states[0].public_data['pairedAddresses'];
+      spAddressList = this.sdkClient.decode_value(encodedSpAddressList);
+      if (!spAddressList || spAddressList.length == 0) {
+        throw new Error('Empty pairedAddresses');
+      }
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw new Error(`Failed to get pairedAddresses from process: ${e}`);
+    }
     try {
       this.sdkClient.pair_device(this.processId, spAddressList);
     } catch (e) {
@@ -1301,7 +1310,7 @@ export default class Services {
       const processes: Record<string, Process> = await db.dumpStore('processes');
       if (processes && Object.keys(processes).length != 0) {
         console.log(`Restoring ${Object.keys(processes).length} processes`);
-        this.sdkClient.set_process_cache(JSON.stringify(processes));
+        this.sdkClient.set_process_cache(processes);
       } else {
         console.log('No processes to restore!');
       }
@@ -1358,7 +1367,7 @@ export default class Services {
     }
   }
 
-  async decryptAttribute(processId: string, state: ProcessState, attribute: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  async decryptAttribute(processId: string, state: ProcessState, attribute: string): Promise<any | null> {
     let hash = state.pcd_commitment[attribute];
     if (!hash) {
       // attribute doesn't exist
@@ -1392,10 +1401,18 @@ export default class Services {
         const keyBlob = this.hexToBlob(key);
         const keyBuf = await keyBlob.arrayBuffer();
         
-        const clear = this.sdkClient.decrypt_data(new Uint8Array(keyBuf), cipher);
-        if (clear) {
-          // Parse the stringified JSON
-          return JSON.parse(clear);
+        try {
+          const clear = this.sdkClient.decrypt_data(new Uint8Array(keyBuf), cipher);
+          if (clear) {
+            // deserialize the result to get the actual data
+            const decoded = this.sdkClient.decode_value(clear);
+            console.log('Decoded value:', JSON.stringify(decoded));
+            return decoded;
+          } else {
+            throw new Error('decrypt_data returned null');
+          }
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.error('Failed to decrypt data:', e.toString());
         }
       }
     }