diff --git a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/did-gateway/endpoints/get-did-keyvaluepairs-endpoint.ts b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/did-gateway/endpoints/get-did-keyvaluepairs-endpoint.ts
index 184977b19..6b2f002df 100644
--- a/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/did-gateway/endpoints/get-did-keyvaluepairs-endpoint.ts
+++ b/src/lib/infrastructure/gateway/did-gateway/endpoints/get-did-keyvaluepairs-endpoint.ts
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ export default class GetDIDKeyValuePairsEndpoint extends BaseEndpoint<DIDKeyValu
         return Promise.resolve({ status: 'error', data: [] } as DIDKeyValuePairsDTO) // TODO: add error message
     }
 
-    createDTO(response : Buffer): DIDKeyValuePairsDTO {
-        const jsondata = JSON.parse(JSON.parse(response.toString()))
+    createDTO(response: Object): DIDKeyValuePairsDTO {
         const dto: DIDKeyValuePairsDTO = {
             status: 'success',
-            data: Object.entries(jsondata).map(
+            data: Object.entries(response).map(
                 ([key, value]) => {
                     return { key: key, value: value } as DIDKeyValuePairs
                 }
diff --git a/test/gateway/did/did-gateway-keyvaluepairs.test.ts b/test/gateway/did/did-gateway-keyvaluepairs.test.ts
index 15733982d..8e7270bc8 100644
--- a/test/gateway/did/did-gateway-keyvaluepairs.test.ts
+++ b/test/gateway/did/did-gateway-keyvaluepairs.test.ts
@@ -33,5 +33,6 @@ describe("DID Gateway KeyValuePairs Endpoint Tests", () => {
         const dto: DIDKeyValuePairsDTO = await didGateway.getDIDKeyValuePairs(MockRucioServerFactory.VALID_RUCIO_TOKEN, "test", "dataset1")
         expect(dto.status).toEqual("success")
         expect(dto.data).toContainEqual({key: "extra_key", value: "extra_value"})
+        expect(dto.data).toContainEqual({key: "scope", value: "test"})
     });
 })