diff --git a/src/handlers/http/ingest.rs b/src/handlers/http/ingest.rs
index 9f72000b4..0b1eeb6f6 100644
--- a/src/handlers/http/ingest.rs
+++ b/src/handlers/http/ingest.rs
@@ -293,9 +293,7 @@ mod tests {
     use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
     use actix_web::test::TestRequest;
-    use arrow_array::{
-        types::Int64Type, ArrayRef, Float64Array, Int64Array, ListArray, StringArray,
-    };
+    use arrow_array::{ArrayRef, Float64Array, Int64Array, StringArray};
     use arrow_schema::{DataType, Field};
     use serde_json::json;
 
@@ -689,25 +687,14 @@ mod tests {
             ])
         );
 
-        let c_a = vec![None, None, Some(vec![Some(1i64)]), Some(vec![Some(1)])];
-        let c_b = vec![None, None, None, Some(vec![Some(2i64)])];
-
         assert_eq!(
-            rb.column_by_name("c_a")
-                .unwrap()
-                .as_any()
-                .downcast_ref::<ListArray>()
-                .unwrap(),
-            &ListArray::from_iter_primitive::<Int64Type, _, _>(c_a)
+            rb.column_by_name("c_a").unwrap().as_int64_arr(),
+            &Int64Array::from(vec![None, None, Some(1), Some(1)])
         );
 
         assert_eq!(
-            rb.column_by_name("c_b")
-                .unwrap()
-                .as_any()
-                .downcast_ref::<ListArray>()
-                .unwrap(),
-            &ListArray::from_iter_primitive::<Int64Type, _, _>(c_b)
+            rb.column_by_name("c_b").unwrap().as_int64_arr(),
+            &Int64Array::from(vec![None, None, None, Some(2)])
         );
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/utils/json/flatten.rs b/src/utils/json/flatten.rs
index 6e84ab0b7..43d12482d 100644
--- a/src/utils/json/flatten.rs
+++ b/src/utils/json/flatten.rs
@@ -304,6 +304,67 @@ pub fn flatten_array_objects(
     Ok(())
 }
 
+pub fn flatten_json(value: &Value) -> Vec<Value> {
+    match value {
+        Value::Array(arr) => {
+            let mut results = Vec::new();
+            for item in arr {
+                results.extend(flatten_json(item));
+            }
+            results
+        }
+        Value::Object(map) => {
+            let mut results = vec![map.clone()];
+            for (key, val) in map {
+                if matches!(val, Value::Array(_)) {
+                    if let Value::Array(arr) = val {
+                        let mut new_results = Vec::new();
+                        for item in arr {
+                            let flattened_items = flatten_json(item);
+                            for flattened_item in flattened_items {
+                                for result in &results {
+                                    let mut new_obj = result.clone();
+                                    new_obj.insert(key.clone(), flattened_item.clone());
+                                    new_results.push(new_obj);
+                                }
+                            }
+                        }
+                        results = new_results;
+                    }
+                } else if matches!(val, Value::Object(_)) {
+                    let nested_results = flatten_json(val);
+                    let mut new_results = Vec::new();
+                    for nested_result in nested_results {
+                        for result in &results {
+                            let mut new_obj = result.clone();
+                            new_obj.insert(key.clone(), nested_result.clone());
+                            new_results.push(new_obj);
+                        }
+                    }
+                    results = new_results;
+                }
+            }
+            results.into_iter().map(Value::Object).collect()
+        }
+        _ => vec![value.clone()],
+    }
+}
+
+pub fn convert_to_array(flattened: Vec<Value>) -> Result<Value, anyhow::Error> {
+    let mut result = Vec::new();
+    for item in flattened {
+        let mut map = Map::new();
+        if let Some(item) = item.as_object() {
+            for (key, value) in item {
+                map.insert(key.clone(), value.clone());
+            }
+            result.push(Value::Object(map));
+        } else {
+            return Err(anyhow!("Expected object in array of objects"));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(Value::Array(result))
+}
 #[cfg(test)]
 mod tests {
     use crate::utils::json::flatten::flatten_array_objects;
diff --git a/src/utils/json/mod.rs b/src/utils/json/mod.rs
index 526fb532f..263a951e5 100644
--- a/src/utils/json/mod.rs
+++ b/src/utils/json/mod.rs
@@ -28,14 +28,17 @@ pub fn flatten_json_body(
     custom_partition: Option<String>,
     validation_required: bool,
 ) -> Result<Value, anyhow::Error> {
-    flatten::flatten(
-        body,
-        "_",
-        time_partition,
-        time_partition_limit,
-        custom_partition,
-        validation_required,
-    )
+    match flatten::convert_to_array(flatten::flatten_json(&body)) {
+        Ok(nested_value) => flatten::flatten(
+            nested_value,
+            "_",
+            time_partition,
+            time_partition_limit,
+            custom_partition,
+            validation_required,
+        ),
+        Err(err) => Err(err),
+    }
 }
 
 pub fn convert_array_to_object(