diff --git a/Slim/Http/Request.php b/Slim/Http/Request.php
index 1d9b89537..1b54f5c9d 100644
--- a/Slim/Http/Request.php
+++ b/Slim/Http/Request.php
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ public function __construct($method, UriInterface $uri, HeadersInterface $header
         }
 
         $this->registerMediaTypeParser('application/json', function ($input) {
-            return json_decode($input);
+            return json_decode($input, true);
         });
 
         $this->registerMediaTypeParser('application/xml', function ($input) {
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ public function __construct($method, UriInterface $uri, HeadersInterface $header
 
         $this->registerMediaTypeParser('application/x-www-form-urlencoded', function ($input) {
             parse_str($input, $data);
-            return (object)$data;
+            return $data;
         });
     }
 
diff --git a/tests/Http/RequestTest.php b/tests/Http/RequestTest.php
index db02b82a8..dced78bb4 100644
--- a/tests/Http/RequestTest.php
+++ b/tests/Http/RequestTest.php
@@ -694,7 +694,7 @@ public function testGetParsedBodyForm()
         $body = new RequestBody();
         $body->write('foo=bar');
         $request = new Request($method, $uri, $headers, $cookies, $serverParams, $body);
-        $this->assertEquals((object)['foo' => 'bar'], $request->getParsedBody());
+        $this->assertEquals(['foo' => 'bar'], $request->getParsedBody());
     }
 
     public function testGetParsedBodyJson()
@@ -709,7 +709,7 @@ public function testGetParsedBodyJson()
         $body->write('{"foo":"bar"}');
         $request = new Request($method, $uri, $headers, $cookies, $serverParams, $body);
 
-        $this->assertEquals((object)['foo' => 'bar'], $request->getParsedBody());
+        $this->assertEquals(['foo' => 'bar'], $request->getParsedBody());
     }
 
     public function testGetParsedBodyXml()