diff --git a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
index ea6e9b00e..f3d31f9e4 100644
--- a/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
+++ b/spiffworkflow-backend/src/spiffworkflow_backend/services/process_instance_processor.py
@@ -573,9 +573,10 @@ class ProcessInstanceProcessor:
             spiff_logger.setLevel(logging.WARNING)
 
             try:
+                full_bpmn_json = ProcessInstanceProcessor.get_full_bpmn_json(process_instance_model)
                 bpmn_process_instance = (
                     ProcessInstanceProcessor._serializer.deserialize_json(
-                        json.dumps(ProcessInstanceProcessor.get_full_bpmn_json(process_instance_model))
+                        json.dumps(full_bpmn_json)
                     )
                 )
             except Exception as err: