diff --git a/Sources/SQLiteKit/SQLiteDataDecoder.swift b/Sources/SQLiteKit/SQLiteDataDecoder.swift
index d91cc6c..eb3ada9 100644
--- a/Sources/SQLiteKit/SQLiteDataDecoder.swift
+++ b/Sources/SQLiteKit/SQLiteDataDecoder.swift
@@ -43,9 +43,12 @@ public struct SQLiteDataDecoder {
 
         func jsonDecoder() throws -> Decoder {
             let data: Data
-            if case .blob(let buffer) = self.data {
+            switch self.data {
+            case .blob(let buffer):
                 data = Data(buffer.readableBytesView)
-            } else {
+            case .text(let string):
+                data = Data(string.utf8)
+            default:
                 data = .init()
             }
             return try JSONDecoder()
diff --git a/Tests/SQLiteKitTests/SQLiteKitTests.swift b/Tests/SQLiteKitTests/SQLiteKitTests.swift
index c3f76f3..634a378 100644
--- a/Tests/SQLiteKitTests/SQLiteKitTests.swift
+++ b/Tests/SQLiteKitTests/SQLiteKitTests.swift
@@ -95,6 +95,18 @@ class SQLiteKitTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(res[0].column("foreign_keys"), .integer(1))
     }
 
+    func testJSONStringColumn() throws {
+        _ = try self.connection.query("CREATE TABLE foo (bar TEXT)").wait()
+        _ = try self.connection.query(#"INSERT INTO foo (bar) VALUES ('{"baz": "qux"}')"#).wait()
+        let rows = try self.connection.query("SELECT * FROM foo").wait()
+
+        struct Bar: Codable {
+            var baz: String
+        }
+        let bar = try SQLiteDataDecoder().decode(Bar.self, from: rows[0].column("bar")!)
+        XCTAssertEqual(bar.baz, "qux")
+    }
+
     func testMultipleInMemoryDatabases() throws {
         let a = SQLiteConnectionSource(
             configuration: .init(storage: .memory, enableForeignKeys: true),