diff --git a/dmp-migration-tool/web/src/main/java/eu/old/eudat/migration/DatasetMigrationService.java b/dmp-migration-tool/web/src/main/java/eu/old/eudat/migration/DatasetMigrationService.java
index 81b2bb01f..0512e8020 100644
--- a/dmp-migration-tool/web/src/main/java/eu/old/eudat/migration/DatasetMigrationService.java
+++ b/dmp-migration-tool/web/src/main/java/eu/old/eudat/migration/DatasetMigrationService.java
@@ -460,7 +460,10 @@ public class DatasetMigrationService {
             }
             case SELECT -> {
                 if(!this.conventionService.isNullOrEmpty(textValue)) {
-                    String[] valuesParsed = migrationTools.tryParseJsonAsObjectString(String[].class, textValue);
+                    String[] valuesParsed = null;
+                    if (propertyValue instanceof List<?> && ((List<?>)propertyValue).stream().allMatch(x-> x instanceof String)) valuesParsed = ((List<?>)propertyValue).stream().map(x-> (String)x).toList().toArray(String[]::new);
+                    if (valuesParsed == null && propertyValue instanceof String[]) valuesParsed = (String[])propertyValue;
+                    if (valuesParsed == null) valuesParsed = migrationTools.tryParseJsonAsObjectString(String[].class, textValue);
                     fieldEntity.setTextListValue(valuesParsed == null ? List.of(textValue) : Arrays.stream(valuesParsed).toList());
                 }
             }