diff --git a/packages/backend/src/helpers/compute-parameters.js b/packages/backend/src/helpers/compute-parameters.js
index d5a5ade0..2125e70d 100644
--- a/packages/backend/src/helpers/compute-parameters.js
+++ b/packages/backend/src/helpers/compute-parameters.js
@@ -2,67 +2,137 @@ import get from 'lodash.get';
 
 const variableRegExp = /({{step\.[\da-zA-Z-]+(?:\.[^.}{]+)+}})/g;
 
-export default function computeParameters(parameters, executionSteps) {
-  const entries = Object.entries(parameters);
-  return entries.reduce((result, [key, value]) => {
-    if (typeof value === 'string') {
-      const parts = value.split(variableRegExp);
+function getParameterEntries(parameters) {
+  return Object.entries(parameters);
+}
 
-      const computedValue = parts
-        .map((part) => {
-          const isVariable = part.match(variableRegExp);
-
-          if (isVariable) {
-            const stepIdAndKeyPath = part.replace(/{{step.|}}/g, '');
-            const [stepId, ...keyPaths] = stepIdAndKeyPath.split('.');
-            const keyPath = keyPaths.join('.');
-            const executionStep = executionSteps.find((executionStep) => {
-              return executionStep.stepId === stepId;
-            });
-            const data = executionStep?.dataOut;
-            const dataValue = get(data, keyPath);
-
-            // Covers both arrays and objects
-            if (typeof dataValue === 'object') {
-              return JSON.stringify(dataValue);
-            }
-
-            return dataValue;
-          }
-
-          return part;
-        }).join('');
-
-      // challenge the input to see if it is stringifies object or array
-      try {
-        const parsedValue = JSON.parse(computedValue);
-
-        if (typeof parsedValue === 'number') {
-          throw new Error('Use original unparsed value.');
-        }
-
-        return {
-          ...result,
-          [key]: parsedValue,
-        };
-      } catch (error) {
-        return {
-          ...result,
-          [key]: computedValue,
-        };
-      }
-    }
-
-    if (Array.isArray(value)) {
-      return {
-        ...result,
-        [key]: value.map((item) => computeParameters(item, executionSteps)),
-      };
-    }
+function computeParameterEntries(parameterEntries, executionSteps) {
+  const defaultComputedParameters = {};
+  return parameterEntries.reduce((result, [key, value]) => {
+    const parameterComputedValue = computeParameter(value, executionSteps);
 
     return {
       ...result,
-      [key]: value,
-    };
-  }, {});
+      [key]: parameterComputedValue,
+    }
+  }, defaultComputedParameters);
+}
+
+function computeParameter(value, executionSteps) {
+  if (typeof value === 'string') {
+    const computedStringParameter = computeStringParameter(value, executionSteps);
+    return computedStringParameter;
+  }
+
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    const computedArrayParameter = computeArrayParameter(value, executionSteps);
+    return computedArrayParameter;
+  }
+
+  return value;
+}
+
+function splitByVariable(stringValue) {
+  const parts = stringValue.split(variableRegExp);
+
+  return parts;
+}
+
+function isVariable(stringValue) {
+  return stringValue.match(variableRegExp);
+}
+
+function splitVariableByStepIdAndKeyPath(variableValue) {
+  const stepIdAndKeyPath = variableValue.replace(/{{step.|}}/g, '');
+  const [stepId, ...keyPaths] = stepIdAndKeyPath.split('.');
+  const keyPath = keyPaths.join('.');
+
+  return {
+    stepId,
+    keyPath
+  }
+}
+
+function getVariableStepId(variableValue) {
+  const { stepId } = splitVariableByStepIdAndKeyPath(variableValue);
+
+  return stepId;
+}
+
+function getVariableKeyPath(variableValue) {
+  const { keyPath } = splitVariableByStepIdAndKeyPath(variableValue);
+
+  return keyPath
+}
+
+function getVariableExecutionStep(variableValue, executionSteps) {
+  const stepId = getVariableStepId(variableValue);
+
+  const executionStep = executionSteps.find((executionStep) => {
+    return executionStep.stepId === stepId;
+  });
+
+  return executionStep;
+}
+
+function computeVariable(variable, executionSteps) {
+  const keyPath = getVariableKeyPath(variable);
+  const executionStep = getVariableExecutionStep(variable, executionSteps);
+  const data = executionStep?.dataOut;
+  const computedVariable = get(data, keyPath);
+
+  /**
+   * Inline both arrays and objects. Otherwise, variables resolving to
+   * them would be resolved as `[object Object]` or lose their shape.
+   */
+  if (typeof computedVariable === 'object') {
+    return JSON.stringify(computedVariable);
+  }
+
+  return computedVariable;
+}
+
+function autoParseComputedVariable(computedVariable) {
+  // challenge the input to see if it is stringified object or array
+  try {
+    const parsedValue = JSON.parse(computedVariable);
+
+    if (typeof parsedValue === 'number') {
+      throw new Error('Use original unparsed value.');
+    }
+
+    return parsedValue;
+  } catch (error) {
+    return computedVariable;
+  }
+}
+
+function computeStringParameter(stringValue, executionSteps) {
+  const parts = splitByVariable(stringValue);
+
+  const computedValue = parts
+    .map((part) => {
+      const variable = isVariable(part);
+
+      if (variable) {
+        return computeVariable(part, executionSteps);
+      }
+
+      return part;
+    })
+    .join('');
+
+  const autoParsedValue = autoParseComputedVariable(computedValue);
+
+  return autoParsedValue;
+}
+
+function computeArrayParameter(arrayValue, executionSteps) {
+  return arrayValue.map((item) => computeParameters(item, executionSteps));
+}
+
+export default function computeParameters(parameters, executionSteps) {
+  const parameterEntries = getParameterEntries(parameters);
+
+  return computeParameterEntries(parameterEntries, executionSteps);
 }