diff --git a/dmsrc/toml.dm b/dmsrc/toml.dm
index d30d2bb8..8ef7c277 100644
--- a/dmsrc/toml.dm
+++ b/dmsrc/toml.dm
@@ -3,6 +3,6 @@
 /proc/rustg_read_toml_file(path)
 	var/list/output = rustg_raw_read_toml_file(path)
 	if (output["success"])
-		return output["content"]
+		return json_decode(output["content"])
 	else
 		CRASH(output["content"])
diff --git a/tests/dm/toml.dme b/tests/dm/toml.dme
index a570f4fa..0125be98 100644
--- a/tests/dm/toml.dme
+++ b/tests/dm/toml.dme
@@ -17,5 +17,5 @@ var/test_json = @{"
 
     var/toml_output = rustg_read_toml_file("test.toml")
 
-    if (toml_output != test_json)
-        CRASH("test:\n[test_toml]\n \nexpected:\n[test_json]\n \nrustg:\n[toml_output]")
+    if (toml_output ~! json_decode(test_json))
+        CRASH("test:\n[test_toml]\n \nexpected:\n[test_json]\n \nrustg:\n[json_encode(toml_output)]")