diff --git a/Jot/Token/Payload.swift b/Jot/Token/Payload.swift
index f4e610d..0fbfd27 100644
--- a/Jot/Token/Payload.swift
+++ b/Jot/Token/Payload.swift
@@ -8,6 +8,4 @@
 
 import Foundation
 
-class Payload: Codable {
-    
-}
+typealias Payload = [String: Any]
diff --git a/Jot/Token/TokenDeserializer.swift b/Jot/Token/TokenDeserializer.swift
index e0b63e9..5128a39 100644
--- a/Jot/Token/TokenDeserializer.swift
+++ b/Jot/Token/TokenDeserializer.swift
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ extension JWT {
         
         do {
             let header = try decoder.decode(Header.self, from: headerData)
-            let payload = try decoder.decode(Payload.self, from: payloadData)
+            let payload = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: payloadData) as? Payload ?? [:]
             let signature = Signature()
             self.init(header: header, payload: payload, signature: signature)
         } catch {
diff --git a/JotTests/JotTests.swift b/JotTests/JotTests.swift
index bde3715..6852f9d 100644
--- a/JotTests/JotTests.swift
+++ b/JotTests/JotTests.swift
@@ -21,4 +21,15 @@ class JotTests: XCTestCase {
         XCTAssertEqual(jwt.header.typ, JwtType.jwt)
     }
     
+    func testJWTPayload() {
+        guard let jwt = JWT(token:  "eyJhbGciOiJSUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzdWIiOiJqZ3JpZmZpbiIsIm5hbWUiOiJKYW1lcyBHcmlmZmluIiwiYWRtaW4iOnRydWUsImlhdCI6MTUxNjIzOTAyMn0.DXfNW7Gzvie7LIl5-HSG9clm3sjeglYG2uNmsPvcNerBQbzLI06vys4YqqCMtrWKEFij_y2hKGP9YFdHSRMdtyVcGEXmYP6H6E62uGhASmGFzEHeSa6B1X1-v8lRt_YpIGEXhkUnxfhdcQ90HJlNfajv0ndnRFk8YJxRkmr99OI") else {
+            XCTFail()
+            return
+        }
+        
+        XCTAssertEqual(jwt.payload["sub"] as? String, "jgriffin")
+        XCTAssertEqual(jwt.payload["name"] as? String, "James Griffin")
+        
+    }
+    
 }