diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.Expressions/Helpers/ObjectConverter.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.Expressions/Helpers/ObjectConverter.cs
index 93a0b2a77..7bb35b1b4 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.Expressions/Helpers/ObjectConverter.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.Expressions/Helpers/ObjectConverter.cs
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public static class ObjectConverter
             return underlyingTargetType switch
             {
                 { } t when t == typeof(string) => jsonNode.ToString(),
-                { } t when t == typeof(ExpandoObject) => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ExpandoObject>(jsonNode.ToJsonString()),
+                { } t when t == typeof(ExpandoObject) && jsonNode.GetValueKind() == JsonValueKind.Object => JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ExpandoObject>(jsonNode.ToJsonString()),
                 { } t when t != typeof(object) || converterOptions?.DeserializeJsonObjectToObject == true => jsonNode.Deserialize(targetType, serializerOptions),
                 _ => jsonNode
             };
diff --git a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Services/VariablePersistenceManager.cs b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Services/VariablePersistenceManager.cs
index 3b351eddf..2ca6dcc86 100644
--- a/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Services/VariablePersistenceManager.cs
+++ b/src/modules/Elsa.Workflows.Core/Services/VariablePersistenceManager.cs
@@ -40,18 +40,26 @@ public class VariablePersistenceManager(IStorageDriverManager storageDriverManag
                     continue;
 
                 var id = GetStateId(variable);
-                var value = await driver.ReadAsync(id, storageDriverContext);
-                if (value == null) continue;
 
-                register.Declare(variable);
-
-                if (!variable.TryParseValue(value, out var parsedValue))
+                try
                 {
-                    logger.LogWarning("Failed to parse value for variable {VariableId} of type {VariableType} with value {Value}", variable.Id, variable.GetVariableType().FullName, value);
-                    continue;
-                }
+                    var value = await driver.ReadAsync(id, storageDriverContext);
+                    if (value == null) continue;
 
-                variable.Set(register, parsedValue);
+                    register.Declare(variable);
+
+                    if (!variable.TryParseValue(value, out var parsedValue))
+                    {
+                        logger.LogWarning("Failed to parse value for variable {VariableId} of type {VariableType} with value {Value}", variable.Id, variable.GetVariableType().FullName, value);
+                        continue;
+                    }
+
+                    variable.Set(register, parsedValue);    
+                }
+                catch (Exception e)
+                {
+                    logger.LogError(e, "Failed to read variable {VariableId} from storage driver {StorageDriverType}", variable.Id, driver.GetType().FullName);
+                }
             }
         }
     }