diff --git a/api_writer/test_ui_async.py b/api_writer/test_ui_async.py
index 9d346ce8a3a89ab92ba8863739295322d31b903e..d2bee81cde0cdbe299eb9c3f8e6f0b399d0e78ae 100644
--- a/api_writer/test_ui_async.py
+++ b/api_writer/test_ui_async.py
@@ -114,8 +114,8 @@ async def process_query2(query):
 
 async def api_call2(*args):
     n=int(len(args)/2)
-    llm_queries=args[:n]
-    full_llm_queries=args[n:]
+    llm_queries=list(args[:n])
+    full_llm_queries=list(args[n:])
     tasks=[]
     for llm_query in llm_queries:
         llm_query_loaded = json.loads(llm_query)