diff --git a/backend/projects/annotation_registry.py b/backend/projects/annotation_registry.py
index 34ef2a68a..1214b2f45 100644
--- a/backend/projects/annotation_registry.py
+++ b/backend/projects/annotation_registry.py
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ def convert_prediction_json_to_annotation_result(
                 "original_length": audio_duration,
                 "type": "textarea",
                 "value": {
-                    "text": "",
+                    "text": [],
                 },
             }
         )
diff --git a/backend/tasks/views.py b/backend/tasks/views.py
index 368008cd9..9def3a039 100644
--- a/backend/tasks/views.py
+++ b/backend/tasks/views.py
@@ -138,14 +138,9 @@ def annotations(self, request, pk):
         # modifications for integrations of chitralekha UI
         if "enable_chitralekha_UI" in dict(request.query_params):
             for ann in annotations:
-                (
-                    subtitles,
-                    standardised_transcription,
-                ) = convert_result_to_chitralekha_format(
+                ann.result = convert_result_to_chitralekha_format(
                     ann.result, ann.id, project.project_type
                 )
-                # ann.result = {"subtitles": subtitles, "standardised_transcription": standardised_transcription}
-                ann.result = subtitles
 
         serializer = AnnotationSerializer(annotations, many=True)
         return Response(serializer.data)
diff --git a/backend/utils/convert_result_to_chitralekha_format.py b/backend/utils/convert_result_to_chitralekha_format.py
index 7f2b6f0d0..0e540fdb7 100644
--- a/backend/utils/convert_result_to_chitralekha_format.py
+++ b/backend/utils/convert_result_to_chitralekha_format.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def create_memory(result):
 
 def convert_result_to_chitralekha_format(result, ann_id, project_type):
     if (len(result) == 1 and result[0] == {}) or len(result) == 0:
-        return [], None
+        return []
     memory = create_memory(result)
     modified_result = []
     count = 1
@@ -101,15 +101,18 @@ def convert_result_to_chitralekha_format(result, ann_id, project_type):
     modified_result = (
         sort_result_by_start_time(modified_result) if len(modified_result) > 0 else []
     )
-    standardised_transcription = None
-    """ if project_type == "AcousticNormalisedTranscription":
+    if project_type == "AcousticNormalisedTranscription":
         standardised_transcription = (
             result[memory["standardised_transcription"]]["value"]["text"][0]
-            if result[memory["standardised_transcription"]]["value"]["text"]
+            if "standardised_transcription" in memory.keys()
+            and result[memory["standardised_transcription"]]["value"]["text"]
             else ""
         )
-    """
-    return (modified_result, standardised_transcription)
+        modified_result.append(
+            {"standardised_transcription": standardised_transcription}
+        )
+
+    return modified_result
 
 
 def convert_fractional_time_to_formatted(decimal_time, ann_id, data_id):