diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/SqlColumnType.scala b/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/SqlColumnType.scala
index 4353ae1..cb6cb78 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/SqlColumnType.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/SqlColumnType.scala
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ object SqlColumnType {
 
   final val JSON = SqlColumnType(
     "json",
-    Types.OTHER,
+    Types.VARCHAR,
     productConfig = Map(
       Mysql      -> withName("JSON", sharedDefaultConfig),
       Postgresql -> withName("JSONB", sharedDefaultConfig),
diff --git a/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.scala b/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.scala
index 958a8d2..812f2c7 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/io/epiphanous/flinkrunner/model/sink/JdbcSinkConfig.scala
@@ -281,12 +281,15 @@ case class JdbcSinkConfig[ADT <: FlinkEvent](
       .identifier(database, schema, table)
       .append(" (")
     buildColumnList()
-    sqlBuilder.append(")\nVALUES (")
+    sqlBuilder.append(")\nSELECT ")
     Range(0, columns.length).foreach { i =>
-      sqlBuilder.append("?")
+      (columns(i).dataType,product) match {
+        case (SqlColumnType.JSON,SupportedDatabase.Snowflake) => sqlBuilder.append("parse_json(?)")
+        case _ => sqlBuilder.append("?")
+      }
       if (i < columns.length - 1) sqlBuilder.append(", ")
     }
-    sqlBuilder.append(")")
+  //  sqlBuilder.append(")")
     product match {
       case SupportedDatabase.Postgresql =>
         if (!isTimescale) {
@@ -604,16 +607,14 @@ case class JdbcSinkConfig[ADT <: FlinkEvent](
       data: Map[String, Any],
       statement: PreparedStatement,
       element: E): Unit = {
-
-    val encoder = new JsonRowEncoder[Map[String,Any]]()
     columns.zipWithIndex.map(x => (x._1, x._2 + 1)).foreach {
       case (column, i) =>
         data.get(column.name) match {
           case Some(v) =>
             val value = v match {
+              case null | None => null
               case Some(x) => _matcher(x)
               case x => _matcher(x)
-              case null | None    => null
             }
             statement.setObject(i, value, column.dataType.jdbcType)
           case None    =>