diff --git a/DFLIMG/DFLJPG.py b/DFLIMG/DFLJPG.py
index f854bb2..4ef16e6 100644
--- a/DFLIMG/DFLJPG.py
+++ b/DFLIMG/DFLJPG.py
@@ -259,12 +259,8 @@ class DFLJPG(object):
 
         self.dfl_dict['ie_polys'] = ie_polys
 
-    def get_seg_ie_polys(self):                 return self.dfl_dict.get('seg_ie_polys',None)
+    def get_seg_ie_polys(self): return self.dfl_dict.get('seg_ie_polys',None)
     def set_seg_ie_polys(self, seg_ie_polys):
-        if seg_ie_polys is not None and \
-            not isinstance(seg_ie_polys, dict):
-            seg_ie_polys = seg_ie_polys.dump()
-
         self.dfl_dict['seg_ie_polys'] = seg_ie_polys
 
 
diff --git a/mainscripts/XSegUtil.py b/mainscripts/XSegUtil.py
index 7897f7f..5f1b3f2 100644
--- a/mainscripts/XSegUtil.py
+++ b/mainscripts/XSegUtil.py
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ def merge(input_dir):
                         io.log_info(f"No points found in {json_filepath}, skipping.")
                         continue
 
-                    dflimg.set_seg_ie_polys (seg_ie_polys)
+                    dflimg.set_seg_ie_polys ( seg_ie_polys.dump() )
                     dflimg.save()
 
                     json_filepath.unlink()