diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/functional/json.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/functional/json.ts
index 79cf9cba4..2bf63ea88 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/functional/json.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/functional/json.ts
@@ -1,13 +1,24 @@
 import * as O from "fp-ts/Option"
 import { flow } from "fp-ts/function"
 
+type SafeParseJSON = {
+  (str: string, convertToArray: true): O.Option<Array<unknown>>
+  (str: string, convertToArray?: false): O.Option<Record<string, unknown>>
+}
+
 /**
  * Checks and Parses JSON string
  * @param str Raw JSON data to be parsed
  * @returns Option type with some(JSON data) or none
  */
-export const safeParseJSON = (str: string): O.Option<object> =>
-  O.tryCatch(() => JSON.parse(str))
+export const safeParseJSON: SafeParseJSON = (str, convertToArray = false) =>
+  O.tryCatch(() => {
+    const data = JSON.parse(str)
+    if (convertToArray) {
+      return Array.isArray(data) ? data : [data]
+    }
+    return data
+  })
 
 /**
  * Checks if given string is a JSON string
diff --git a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/import-export/import/hoppEnv.ts b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/import-export/import/hoppEnv.ts
index 0e961b72a..bf58fc301 100644
--- a/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/import-export/import/hoppEnv.ts
+++ b/packages/hoppscotch-common/src/helpers/import-export/import/hoppEnv.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ const hoppEnvSchema = z.object({
 })
 
 export const hoppEnvImporter = (content: string) => {
-  const parsedContent = safeParseJSON(content)
+  const parsedContent = safeParseJSON(content, true)
 
   // parse json from the environments string
   if (O.isNone(parsedContent)) {