diff --git a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
index 756dd5a..bb67722 100644
--- a/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
+++ b/ts/00_commitinfo_data.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
  */
 export const commitinfo = {
   name: '@push.rocks/npmextra',
-  version: '4.0.15',
+  version: '4.0.16',
   description: 'do more with npm'
 }
diff --git a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
index bf68ac0..631fc86 100644
--- a/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
+++ b/ts/npmextra.classes.appdata.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import * as plugins from './npmextra.plugins.js';
 import * as paths from './npmextra.paths.js';
 import { KeyValueStore } from './npmextra.classes.keyvaluestore.js';
+import { env } from 'process';
 
 export interface IAppDataOptions {
   dirPath?: string;
@@ -68,8 +69,11 @@ export class AppData {
     if (this.options.envMapping) {
       const qenvInstance = new plugins.qenv.Qenv(process.cwd(), '~/.cloudlyrc');
       for (const key in this.options.envMapping) {
-        const envValue = await qenvInstance.getEnvVarOnDemand(key);
+        let envValue = await qenvInstance.getEnvVarOnDemand(key);
         if (envValue) {
+          if (key.endsWith('_JSON')) {
+            envValue = JSON.parse(envValue);
+          }
           await this.kvStore.writeKey(key, envValue);
         }
       }