diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/chains/LLMChain/LLMChain.ts b/packages/components/nodes/chains/LLMChain/LLMChain.ts
index b7c055e4..f83fc36a 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/chains/LLMChain/LLMChain.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/chains/LLMChain/LLMChain.ts
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ class LLMChain_Chains implements INode {
         const model = nodeData.inputs?.model as BaseLanguageModel
         const prompt = nodeData.inputs?.prompt
         const output = nodeData.outputs?.output as string
-        const promptValues = prompt.promptValues as ICommonObject
+        let promptValues: ICommonObject | undefined = nodeData.inputs?.prompt.promptValues as ICommonObject
         const llmOutputParser = nodeData.inputs?.outputParser as BaseOutputParser
         this.outputParser = llmOutputParser
         if (llmOutputParser) {
@@ -107,17 +107,24 @@ class LLMChain_Chains implements INode {
                 verbose: process.env.DEBUG === 'true'
             })
             const inputVariables = chain.prompt.inputVariables as string[] // ["product"]
+            promptValues = injectOutputParser(this.outputParser, chain, promptValues)
             const res = await runPrediction(inputVariables, chain, input, promptValues, options, nodeData)
             // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
             console.log('\x1b[92m\x1b[1m\n*****OUTPUT PREDICTION*****\n\x1b[0m\x1b[0m')
             // eslint-disable-next-line no-console
             console.log(res)
+
+            let finalRes = res
+            if (this.outputParser && typeof res === 'object' && Object.prototype.hasOwnProperty.call(res, 'json')) {
+                finalRes = (res as ICommonObject).json
+            }
+
             /**
              * Apply string transformation to convert special chars:
              * FROM: hello i am ben\n\n\thow are you?
              * TO: hello i am benFLOWISE_NEWLINEFLOWISE_NEWLINEFLOWISE_TABhow are you?
              */
-            return handleEscapeCharacters(res, false)
+            return handleEscapeCharacters(finalRes, false)
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
index ff29d589..3dbb7c7d 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/CustomFunction/CustomFunction.ts
@@ -80,6 +80,17 @@ class CustomFunction_Utilities implements INode {
             }
         }
 
+        // Some values might be a stringified JSON, parse it
+        for (const key in inputVars) {
+            if (typeof inputVars[key] === 'string' && inputVars[key].startsWith('{') && inputVars[key].endsWith('}')) {
+                try {
+                    inputVars[key] = JSON.parse(inputVars[key])
+                } catch (e) {
+                    continue
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
         let sandbox: any = { $input: input }
         sandbox['$vars'] = prepareSandboxVars(variables)
         sandbox['$flow'] = flow
diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
index 55339e1a..1c5c0b7d 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { ICommonObject, IDatabaseEntity, INode, INodeData, INodeOutputsValue, INodeParams } from '../../../src/Interface'
 import { NodeVM } from 'vm2'
 import { DataSource } from 'typeorm'
-import { availableDependencies, defaultAllowBuiltInDep, getVars, prepareSandboxVars } from '../../../src/utils'
+import { availableDependencies, defaultAllowBuiltInDep, getVars, handleEscapeCharacters, prepareSandboxVars } from '../../../src/utils'
 
 class IfElseFunction_Utilities implements INode {
     label: string
@@ -95,7 +95,18 @@ class IfElseFunction_Utilities implements INode {
                 inputVars =
                     typeof functionInputVariablesRaw === 'object' ? functionInputVariablesRaw : JSON.parse(functionInputVariablesRaw)
             } catch (exception) {
-                throw new Error("Invalid JSON in the PromptTemplate's promptValues: " + exception)
+                throw new Error("Invalid JSON in the IfElse's Input Variables: " + exception)
+            }
+        }
+
+        // Some values might be a stringified JSON, parse it
+        for (const key in inputVars) {
+            if (typeof inputVars[key] === 'string' && inputVars[key].startsWith('{') && inputVars[key].endsWith('}')) {
+                try {
+                    inputVars[key] = JSON.parse(inputVars[key])
+                } catch (e) {
+                    continue
+                }
             }
         }
 
@@ -105,7 +116,11 @@ class IfElseFunction_Utilities implements INode {
 
         if (Object.keys(inputVars).length) {
             for (const item in inputVars) {
-                sandbox[`$${item}`] = inputVars[item]
+                let value = inputVars[item]
+                if (typeof value === 'string') {
+                    value = handleEscapeCharacters(value, true)
+                }
+                sandbox[`$${item}`] = value
             }
         }