diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Archetype.Tests/Serialization/Delinter/ArchetypeJsonDelinterTest.cs b/app/Umbraco/Archetype.Tests/Serialization/Delinter/ArchetypeJsonDelinterTest.cs
index 888f3d9..45712f9 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Archetype.Tests/Serialization/Delinter/ArchetypeJsonDelinterTest.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Archetype.Tests/Serialization/Delinter/ArchetypeJsonDelinterTest.cs
@@ -22,6 +22,10 @@ namespace Archetype.Tests.Serialization.Delinter
         private const string _ESCAPED_JSON = @"{""fieldsets"":[{""properties"":[{""alias"":""slides"",""value"":""2680""}],""alias"":""slides""},{""properties"":[{""alias"":""captions"",""value"":""{\""fieldsets\"":[{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test1 test1\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""},{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test2  test2\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""},{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test3b   test3b\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""}]}""}],""alias"":""captions""}]}";
         private const string _JSON = @"{""fieldsets"":[{""properties"":[{""alias"":""slides"",""value"":""2680""}],""alias"":""slides""},{""properties"":[{""alias"":""captions"",""value"":{""fieldsets"":[{""properties"":[{""alias"":""textstring"",""value"":""test1 test1""}],""alias"":""textstringArray""},{""properties"":[{""alias"":""textstring"",""value"":""test2  test2""}],""alias"":""textstringArray""},{""properties"":[{""alias"":""textstring"",""value"":""test3b   test3b""}],""alias"":""textstringArray""}]}}],""alias"":""captions""}]}";
         private const string _ESCAPED_JSON_DEEP_NESTED = @"{""fieldsets"":[{""properties"":[{""alias"":""pages"",""value"":""""},{""alias"":""captions"",""value"":""{\""fieldsets\"":[{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""captions\"",\""value\"":\""{\\\""fieldsets\\\"":[{\\\""properties\\\"":[{\\\""alias\\\"":\\\""textString\\\"",\\\""value\\\"":\\\""{\\\\\\\""fieldsets\\\\\\\"":[{\\\\\\\""properties\\\\\\\"":[{\\\\\\\""alias\\\\\\\"":\\\\\\\""textString\\\\\\\"",\\\\\\\""value\\\\\\\"":\\\\\\\""\\\\\\\""}],\\\\\\\""alias\\\\\\\"":\\\\\\\""textItem\\\\\\\""}]}\\\""}],\\\""alias\\\"":\\\""textList\\\""}]}\""}],\""alias\"":\""captions\""}]}""}],""alias"":""pages""}]}";
+        private const string _ESCAPED_JSON_FROM_APP = @"{
+  ""alias"": ""captions"",
+  ""value"": ""{\""fieldsets\"":[{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test1 test1\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""},{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test2  test2\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""},{\""properties\"":[{\""alias\"":\""textstring\"",\""value\"":\""test3b   test3b\""}],\""alias\"":\""textstringArray\""}]}""
+}";
 
         private SlideShow _referenceModel;
         private NestedClass _nestedClass;
@@ -83,6 +87,30 @@ namespace Archetype.Tests.Serialization.Delinter
             AssertAreEqual(expectedModel, actualModel);
         }
 
+        [Test]
+        public void EscapedJson_FromApp_SerializesToModel()
+        {
+            var delintedJson = _ESCAPED_JSON_FROM_APP.DelintArchetypeJson();
+
+            var referenceModel = new Captions()
+            {
+                new TextString() {Text = "test1 test1"},
+                new TextString() {Text = "test2  test2"},
+                new TextString() {Text = "test3b   test3b"}
+            };
+
+            var actualModel = ConvertArchetypeJsonToModel<Captions>(delintedJson);
+
+            Assert.IsInstanceOf<Captions>(actualModel);
+            Assert.AreEqual(3, actualModel.Count);
+
+            foreach (var refItem in referenceModel)
+            {
+                var index = referenceModel.IndexOf(refItem);
+                AssertAreEqual(refItem, actualModel.ElementAt(index));
+            }
+        }
+
         [Test]
         public void DeepNestedJson_Escapes_Correctly()
         {
@@ -164,7 +192,7 @@ namespace Archetype.Tests.Serialization.Delinter
         {
         }
 
-        [AsArchetype("textstringArray")] /* Must have same archetype alias as list class */
+        [AsArchetype("textstringArray")] /* due to hard coded string calues above, must have same archetype alias as list class */
         [JsonConverter(typeof(ArchetypeJsonConverter))]
         public class TextString
         {
diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/Extensions.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/Extensions.cs
index 1cade8f..652f345 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/Extensions.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Extensions/Extensions.cs
@@ -22,14 +22,5 @@ namespace Archetype.Umbraco.Extensions
         {
             return prop.PropertyEditorAlias.InvariantEquals(Constants.PropertyEditorAlias);
         }
-
-        public static string DelintArchetypeJson(this string input)
-        {
-            if (!input.DetectIsJson())
-                return String.Empty;
-
-            var delinter = new ArchetypeJsonDelinter();
-            return delinter.Execute(input);
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonConverter.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonConverter.cs
index 81d620f..803b7e6 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonConverter.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonConverter.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.IO;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
 using System.Text;
+using Archetype.Umbraco.Extensions;
 using Archetype.Umbraco.Models;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Newtonsoft.Json.Linq;
@@ -73,7 +74,7 @@ namespace Archetype.Umbraco.Serialization
             foreach (var fs in jToken["fieldsets"].Where(fs => fs["alias"].ToString().Equals(GetFieldsetName(itemType))))
             {
                 var item = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(
-                    fs["properties"].ToString(), itemType, this);
+                    fs["properties"].ToString().DelintArchetypeJson(), itemType, this);
 
                 obj.GetType().GetMethod("Add").Invoke(obj, new[] { item });
             }
@@ -208,7 +209,7 @@ namespace Archetype.Umbraco.Serialization
         private object GetPropertyValue(PropertyInfo propertyInfo, JToken propJToken)
         {
             return IsTypeArchetypeDatatype(propertyInfo.PropertyType)
-                ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(propJToken.ToString(), propertyInfo.PropertyType,
+                ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(propJToken.ToString().DelintArchetypeJson(), propertyInfo.PropertyType,
                     this)
                     : IsTypeIEnumerableArchetypeDatatype(propertyInfo.PropertyType)
                     ? JsonConvert.DeserializeObject(propJToken["value"].SelectToken("fieldsets").ToString(), propertyInfo.PropertyType,
diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonDelinter.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonDelinter.cs
index f452741..26607c6 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonDelinter.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/ArchetypeJsonDelinter.cs
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ namespace Archetype.Umbraco.Serialization
                 {DelinterStep.LabelAlias, new Regex(@"\s*\\+""(alias)\\+"":\s*")},
                 {DelinterStep.LabelValue, new Regex(@"\s*\\+""(value)\\+"":\s*")},
                 {DelinterStep.UnescapeValues, new Regex(@"""(alias|value)"":\\+""(.*?)\\+""")},
-                {DelinterStep.FixNestedFieldsets, new Regex(@"""(value)"":""({""fieldsets"".+?})""")},
+                {DelinterStep.FixNestedFieldsets, new Regex(@"""(value)"":\s*?""({""fieldsets"".+?})""")},
                 {DelinterStep.RemoveWhiteSpace, new Regex(@"\s+(?=([^""]*""[^""]*"")*[^""]*$)")}
             };
             
diff --git a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/SerializationExtensions.cs b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/SerializationExtensions.cs
index df1cb4d..8d72842 100644
--- a/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/SerializationExtensions.cs
+++ b/app/Umbraco/Umbraco.Archetype/Serialization/SerializationExtensions.cs
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using System.Reflection;
+using Archetype.Umbraco.Extensions;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using Umbraco.Core.Models;
 using Umbraco.Web;
@@ -36,6 +37,15 @@ namespace Archetype.Umbraco.Serialization
             var archetypeJson = content.GetPropertyDataValue(cmsFieldAlias);
             return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<T>(archetypeJson) ??
                    (returnInstanceIfNull ? Activator.CreateInstance<T>() : default(T));
-        }
+        }
+
+        public static string DelintArchetypeJson(this string input)
+        {
+            if (!input.DetectIsJson())
+                return String.Empty;
+
+            var delinter = new ArchetypeJsonDelinter();
+            return delinter.Execute(input);
+        }
     }
 }