diff --git a/libremsonic/server/api_objects.py b/libremsonic/server/api_objects.py
index 303a298..b22dbbf 100644
--- a/libremsonic/server/api_objects.py
+++ b/libremsonic/server/api_objects.py
@@ -4,49 +4,50 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from dateutil import parser
 
 
+def _from_json(cls, data):
+    """
+    Approach for deserialization here:
+    https://stackoverflow.com/a/40639688/2319844
+    """
+    print(cls, data)
+    annotations: Dict[str, Any] = getattr(cls, '__annotations__', {})
+
+    # Handle lists of objects.
+    if cls == str:
+        return data
+    if issubclass(cls, List):
+        list_type = cls.__args__[0]
+        instance: List[list_type] = list()
+        for value in data:
+            instance.append(_from_json(list_type, value))
+
+    # Handle dictionaries of objects.
+    elif issubclass(cls, Dict):
+        key_type, val_type = cls.__args__
+        instance: Dict[key_type, val_type] = dict()
+        for key, value in data.items():
+            instance.update(_from_json(key_type, key),
+                            _from_json(val_type, value))
+
+    # Handle everything else by first instantiating the class, then adding
+    # all of the sub-elements, recursively calling from_json on them.
+    else:
+        instance: cls = cls()
+        for name, value in data.items():
+            field_type = annotations.get(name)
+            print('ohea', field_type, value)
+            if inspect.isclass(field_type):
+                setattr(instance, name, _from_json(field_type, value))
+            else:
+                setattr(instance, name, value)
+
+    return instance
+
+
 class APIObject:
     @classmethod
     def from_json(cls, data):
-        """
-        Approach for deserialization here:
-        https://stackoverflow.com/a/40639688/2319844
-        """
-        annotations: Dict[str, Any] = getattr(cls, '__annotations__', {})
-
-        # Handle lists of objects.
-        if issubclass(cls, List):
-            list_type = cls.__args__[0]
-            instance: List[list_type] = list()
-            for value in data:
-                instance.append(list_type.from_json(value))
-
-        # Handle dictionaries of objects.
-        elif issubclass(cls, Dict):
-            key_type = cls.__args__[0]
-            val_type = cls.__args__[1]
-            instance: Dict[key_type, val_type] = dict()
-            for key, value in data.items():
-                instance.update(key_type.from_json(key),
-                                key_type.from_json(value))
-
-        # Handle everything else by first instantiating the class, then adding
-        # all of the sub-elements, recursively calling from_json on them.
-        else:
-            instance: cls = cls()
-            for name, value in data.items():
-                field_type = annotations.get(name)
-                print('ohea', field_type, value)
-                if inspect.isclass(field_type):
-                    if isinstance(value, (dict, tuple, list, set, frozenset)):
-                        setattr(instance, name, field_type.from_json(value))
-                    elif field_type == datetime:
-                        setattr(instance, name, parser.parse(value))
-                    else:
-                        setattr(instance, name, value)
-                else:
-                    setattr(instance, name, value)
-
-        return instance
+        return _from_json(cls, data)
 
     def get(self, field, default=None):
         return getattr(self, field, default)