diff --git a/src/ios/FirestorePluginJSONHelper.m b/src/ios/FirestorePluginJSONHelper.m
index cd824fd..e7dfb51 100644
--- a/src/ios/FirestorePluginJSONHelper.m
+++ b/src/ios/FirestorePluginJSONHelper.m
@@ -229,6 +229,8 @@ + (NSString *)unwrap:(NSString *)stringValue ForPrefix:(NSString *)prefix {
 }
 
 + (NSArray *)JSONArrayToArray:(NSString *)array {
-    
+    NSData* data = [array dataUsingEncoding:NSUTF8StringEncoding];
+    NSError *error;
+    return [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:data options:kNilOptions error:&error];
 }
 @end