diff --git a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
index 1c5c0b7d..1e61616c 100644
--- a/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
+++ b/packages/components/nodes/utilities/IfElseFunction/IfElseFunction.ts
@@ -101,12 +101,17 @@ class IfElseFunction_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 value = inputVars[key]
+            if (typeof value === 'string') {
+                value = handleEscapeCharacters(value, true)
+                if (value.startsWith('{') && value.endsWith('}')) {
+                    try {
+                        value = JSON.parse(value)
+                    } catch (e) {
+                        // ignore
+                    }
                 }
+                inputVars[key] = value
             }
         }
 
@@ -116,11 +121,7 @@ class IfElseFunction_Utilities implements INode {
 
         if (Object.keys(inputVars).length) {
             for (const item in inputVars) {
-                let value = inputVars[item]
-                if (typeof value === 'string') {
-                    value = handleEscapeCharacters(value, true)
-                }
-                sandbox[`$${item}`] = value
+                sandbox[`$${item}`] = inputVars[item]
             }
         }