diff --git a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.js b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.js
index 5cbb3d04b4..4b835a1fb5 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.js
+++ b/packages/server/src/api/routes/tests/row.spec.js
@@ -212,6 +212,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
           attachmentNull: attachment,
           attachmentUndefined: attachment,
           attachmentEmpty: attachment,
+          attachmentEmptyArrayStr: attachment
         },
       })
 
@@ -239,6 +240,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
         attachmentNull: null,
         attachmentUndefined: undefined,
         attachmentEmpty: "",
+        attachmentEmptyArrayStr: "[]",
       }
 
       const id = (await config.createRow(row))._id
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ describe("/rows", () => {
       expect(saved.attachmentNull).toEqual([])
       expect(saved.attachmentUndefined).toBe(undefined)
       expect(saved.attachmentEmpty).toEqual([])
+      expect(saved.attachmentEmptyArrayStr).toEqual([])
     })
   })
 
diff --git a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/map.ts b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/map.ts
index 8911d62133..808b16178d 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/map.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/utilities/rowProcessor/map.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 import { FieldTypes } from "../../constants"
+import { logging } from "@budibase/backend-core"
 
 /**
  * A map of how we convert various properties in rows to each other based on the row type.
@@ -67,9 +68,23 @@ export const TYPE_TRANSFORM_MAP: any = {
     },
   },
   [FieldTypes.ATTACHMENT]: {
-    "": [],
     [null]: [],
     [undefined]: undefined,
+    parse: attachments => {
+      if (typeof attachments === "string") {
+        if (attachments === "") {
+          return []
+        }
+        let result
+        try {
+          result = JSON.parse(attachments)
+        } catch (e) {
+          logging.logAlert("Could not parse attachments", e)
+        }
+        return result
+      }
+      return attachments
+    },
   },
   [FieldTypes.BOOLEAN]: {
     "": null,