diff --git a/runtime/hetdesrun/backend/service/dashboarding.py b/runtime/hetdesrun/backend/service/dashboarding.py
index 94ea9fe1..ef245c29 100644
--- a/runtime/hetdesrun/backend/service/dashboarding.py
+++ b/runtime/hetdesrun/backend/service/dashboarding.py
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 )
 from markupsafe import Markup
 
+from hdutils import parse_value
 from hetdesrun.backend.models.info import ExecutionResponseFrontendDto
 from hetdesrun.backend.service.dashboarding_utils import (
     dashboard_id_for_io,
@@ -1356,17 +1357,17 @@ def generate_dashboard_html(
     }
 
     dataframe_outputs = {
-        (
-            dashboard_id_for_io(name, GridstackPositioningType.OUTPUT)
-        ): exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name[name]
+        (dashboard_id_for_io(name, GridstackPositioningType.OUTPUT)): parse_value(
+            exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name[name], "DATAFRAME", nullable=False
+        )  # actually parse as dataframe, this is a dict-like object when received from runtime
         for name in exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name
         if exec_resp.output_types_by_output_name[name] == "DATAFRAME"
     }
 
     multitsframe_outputs = {
-        (
-            dashboard_id_for_io(name, GridstackPositioningType.OUTPUT)
-        ): exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name[name]
+        (dashboard_id_for_io(name, GridstackPositioningType.OUTPUT)): parse_value(
+            exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name[name], "MULTITSFRAME", nullable=False
+        )  # actually parse as dataframe, this is a dict-like object when received from runtime
         for name in exec_resp.output_results_by_output_name
         if exec_resp.output_types_by_output_name[name] == "MULTITSFRAME"
     }