diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java b/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
index d02681f..9b1bbaf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gcc/crslogs/service/BirthAndDeathDetailsService.java
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.gcc.crslogs.service;
 
+import java.net.URLEncoder;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
@@ -15,7 +16,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
 import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
-import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;  
+import org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.type.TypeReference;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
@@ -76,7 +77,7 @@ public class BirthAndDeathDetailsService {
     }
 	
 	
-	
+
 	
 	
 	
@@ -125,7 +126,10 @@ public class BirthAndDeathDetailsService {
 	        .replaceAll("\t", "")                     // Remove tab characters explicitly (common cause of error)
 	        .replaceAll("\\s*:\\s*\n\\s*\"", ":\"")   // Fix broken key-value splits
 	        .replaceAll("\r", "")                     // Remove carriage return if any
-	        .replaceAll("\n", "");                    // Optionally remove newlines if JSON is malformed across lines
+	        .replaceAll("\n", "")                    // Optionally remove newlines if JSON is malformed across lines
+		    .replaceAll(",\\s*\\[", "[") // Remove comma before array start
+	        .replaceAll("\\[\\s*,", "[") // Remove comma after array start
+	        .replaceAll(",\\s*\\]", "]"); // Remove trailing comma in array
 	}