diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapter.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapter.java
index 87ea8818..f547706a 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapter.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapter.java
@@ -103,13 +103,23 @@ public class JsonToQRecordAdapter
    {
       QRecord record = new QRecord();
 
-      for(QFieldMetaData field : table.getFields().values())
+      if(table == null)
       {
-         String fieldSource = mapping == null ? field.getName() : String.valueOf(mapping.getFieldSource(field.getName()));
-         // todo - so if the mapping didn't say how to map this field, does that mean we should use the default name for the field?
-         if(jsonObject.has(fieldSource))
+         jsonObject.keys().forEachRemaining(key ->
          {
-            record.setValue(field.getName(), (Serializable) jsonObject.get(fieldSource));
+            record.setValue(key, jsonObject.optString(key));
+         });
+      }
+      else
+      {
+         for(QFieldMetaData field : table.getFields().values())
+         {
+            String fieldSource = mapping == null ? field.getName() : String.valueOf(mapping.getFieldSource(field.getName()));
+            // todo - so if the mapping didn't say how to map this field, does that mean we should use the default name for the field?
+            if(jsonObject.has(fieldSource))
+            {
+               record.setValue(field.getName(), (Serializable) jsonObject.get(fieldSource));
+            }
          }
       }
 
diff --git a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapterTest.java b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapterTest.java
index 17d09492..7ee9cafe 100644
--- a/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapterTest.java
+++ b/qqq-backend-core/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/core/adapters/JsonToQRecordAdapterTest.java
@@ -164,6 +164,29 @@ class JsonToQRecordAdapterTest extends BaseTest
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   public void test_buildRecordsFromJsonWithoutTable_inputList()
+   {
+      JsonToQRecordAdapter jsonToQRecordAdapter = new JsonToQRecordAdapter();
+      List<QRecord> qRecords = jsonToQRecordAdapter.buildRecordsFromJson("""
+         [
+            { "firstName":"Tyler", "last":"Samples" },
+            { "firstName":"Tim", "lastName":"Chamberlain" }
+         ]
+         """, null, null);
+      assertNotNull(qRecords);
+      assertEquals(2, qRecords.size());
+      assertEquals("Tyler", qRecords.get(0).getValue("firstName"));
+      assertEquals("Samples", qRecords.get(0).getValue("last"));
+      assertEquals("Tim", qRecords.get(1).getValue("firstName"));
+      assertEquals("Chamberlain", qRecords.get(1).getValue("lastName"));
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/