diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/Converters/JsonStringConverter.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/Converters/JsonStringConverter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..669b3cd077
--- /dev/null
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/Converters/JsonStringConverter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System;
+using System.Buffers;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Text.Json;
+using System.Text.Json.Serialization;
+
+namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Json.Converters
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Converter to allow the serializer to read strings.
+    /// </summary>
+    public class JsonStringConverter : JsonConverter<string>
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override string Read(ref Utf8JsonReader reader, Type typeToConvert, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            return reader.TokenType switch
+            {
+                JsonTokenType.Null => null,
+                JsonTokenType.String => reader.GetString(),
+                _ => GetRawValue(reader)
+            };
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc />
+        public override void Write(Utf8JsonWriter writer, string value, JsonSerializerOptions options)
+        {
+            writer.WriteStringValue(value);
+        }
+
+        private static string GetRawValue(Utf8JsonReader reader)
+        {
+            var utf8Bytes = reader.HasValueSequence
+                ? reader.ValueSequence.ToArray()
+                : reader.ValueSpan;
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetString(utf8Bytes);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/JsonDefaults.cs b/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/JsonDefaults.cs
index 177ad39fa8..405d6125f4 100644
--- a/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/JsonDefaults.cs
+++ b/MediaBrowser.Common/Json/JsonDefaults.cs
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ namespace MediaBrowser.Common.Json
                 new JsonStringEnumConverter(),
                 new JsonNullableStructConverterFactory(),
                 new JsonBoolNumberConverter(),
-                new JsonDateTimeConverter()
+                new JsonDateTimeConverter(),
+                new JsonStringConverter()
             }
         };
 
diff --git a/tests/Jellyfin.Common.Tests/Json/JsonStringConverterTests.cs b/tests/Jellyfin.Common.Tests/Json/JsonStringConverterTests.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..fd77694b30
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+++ b/tests/Jellyfin.Common.Tests/Json/JsonStringConverterTests.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+using System.Text.Json;
+using MediaBrowser.Common.Json.Converters;
+using Xunit;
+
+namespace Jellyfin.Common.Tests.Json
+{
+    public class JsonStringConverterTests
+    {
+        private readonly JsonSerializerOptions _jsonSerializerOptions
+            = new ()
+            {
+                Converters =
+                {
+                    new JsonStringConverter()
+                }
+            };
+
+        [Theory]
+        [InlineData("\"test\"", "test")]
+        [InlineData("123", "123")]
+        [InlineData("123.45", "123.45")]
+        [InlineData("true", "true")]
+        [InlineData("false", "false")]
+        public void Deserialize_String_Valid_Success(string input, string output)
+        {
+            var deserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<string>(input, _jsonSerializerOptions);
+            Assert.Equal(deserialized, output);
+        }
+
+        [Fact]
+        public void Deserialize_Int32asInt32_Valid_Success()
+        {
+            const string? input = "123";
+            const int output = 123;
+            var deserialized = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<int>(input, _jsonSerializerOptions);
+            Assert.Equal(deserialized, output);
+        }
+    }
+}
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