diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 64c7a950..f53f635a 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@
 * None.
 
 ### Enchancements
-* None
+* Reenable Realm for RN Android (#1506)
 
 ### Bug fixes
+* Fix json parsing in RN debugger.
 * Reenable Realm for RN Android (#1506), which was disabled only in 2.0.8 by mistake.
 
 ### Internal
diff --git a/src/rpc.cpp b/src/rpc.cpp
index 1868ce71..f821ad8b 100644
--- a/src/rpc.cpp
+++ b/src/rpc.cpp
@@ -600,13 +600,13 @@ json RPCServer::serialize_json_value(JSValueRef js_value) {
 }
 
 JSValueRef RPCServer::deserialize_json_value(const json dict) {
-    json oid = dict["id"];
+    json oid = dict.value("id", json());
     if (oid.is_number()) {
         return m_objects[oid.get<RPCObjectID>()];
     }
 
-    json value = dict["value"];
-    json type = dict["type"];
+    json value = dict.value("value", json());
+    json type = dict.value("type", json());
 
     if (type.is_string()) {
         std::string type_string = type.get<std::string>();