diff --git a/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-pdf b/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-pdf
index 0dc8ced6..08ce6f91 100755
--- a/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-pdf
+++ b/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-pdf
@@ -81,9 +81,18 @@ class Loader:
                     id=id,
                     metadata=[
                         Triple(
-                            s=Value(value=t["s"]["v"], is_uri=t["s"]["e"]),
-                            p=Value(value=t["p"]["v"], is_uri=t["p"]["e"]),
-                            o=Value(value=t["o"]["v"], is_uri=t["o"]["e"])
+                            s=Value(
+                                value=t["s"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["s"], Uri)
+                            ),
+                            p=Value(
+                                value=t["p"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["p"], Uri)
+                            ),
+                            o=Value(
+                                value=t["o"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["o"], Uri)
+                            ),
                         )
                         for t in triples
                     ],
diff --git a/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-text b/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-text
index 6ff8d09a..51664a1b 100755
--- a/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-text
+++ b/trustgraph-cli/scripts/tg-load-text
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ import uuid
 from trustgraph.schema import TextDocument, text_ingest_queue
 from trustgraph.schema import Metadata, Triple, Value
 from trustgraph.log_level import LogLevel
-from trustgraph.knowledge import hash, to_uri
+from trustgraph.knowledge import hash, to_uri, Literal, Uri
 from trustgraph.knowledge import PREF_PUBEV, PREF_DOC, PREF_ORG
 from trustgraph.knowledge import Organization, PublicationEvent
 from trustgraph.knowledge import DigitalDocument
@@ -80,9 +80,18 @@ class Loader:
                     id=id,
                     metadata=[
                         Triple(
-                            s=Value(value=t["s"]["v"], is_uri=t["s"]["e"]),
-                            p=Value(value=t["p"]["v"], is_uri=t["p"]["e"]),
-                            o=Value(value=t["o"]["v"], is_uri=t["o"]["e"])
+                            s=Value(
+                                value=t["s"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["s"], Uri)
+                            ),
+                            p=Value(
+                                value=t["p"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["p"], Uri)
+                            ),
+                            o=Value(
+                                value=t["o"],
+                                is_uri=isinstance(t["o"], Uri)
+                            ),
                         )
                         for t in triples
                     ],