diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py b/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
index 35ccd5178..28013c5e3 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/store/registry.py
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class DiskRegistry(Registry):
         return [
             pydantic.parse_obj_as(
                 RoutableObjectWithProvider,
-                obj_str,
+                json.loads(obj_str),
             )
             for obj_str in objects_data
         ]
diff --git a/llama_stack/distribution/store/tests/test_registry.py b/llama_stack/distribution/store/tests/test_registry.py
index cd9b07a79..8ddb61945 100644
--- a/llama_stack/distribution/store/tests/test_registry.py
+++ b/llama_stack/distribution/store/tests/test_registry.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import os
+
 import pytest
 import pytest_asyncio
 from llama_stack.distribution.store import *
@@ -9,7 +11,11 @@ from llama_stack.distribution.datatypes import *  # noqa: F403
 
 @pytest.mark.asyncio
 async def test_registry():
-    registry = DiskRegistry(await kvstore_impl(SqliteKVStoreConfig()))
+    config = SqliteKVStoreConfig(db_path="/tmp/test_registry.db")
+    # delete the file if it exists
+    if os.path.exists(config.db_path):
+        os.remove(config.db_path)
+    registry = DiskRegistry(await kvstore_impl(config))
     bank = VectorMemoryBankDef(
         identifier="test_bank",
         embedding_model="all-MiniLM-L6-v2",
@@ -17,12 +23,26 @@ async def test_registry():
         overlap_size_in_tokens=64,
         provider_id="bar",
     )
+    model = ModelDefWithProvider(
+        identifier="test_model",
+        llama_model="Llama3.2-3B-Instruct",
+        provider_id="foo",
+    )
 
     await registry.register(bank)
-    result_bank = await registry.get("test_bank")
-    # assert result_bank == bank
+    await registry.register(model)
+    results = await registry.get("test_bank")
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    result_bank = results[0]
     assert result_bank.identifier == bank.identifier
     assert result_bank.embedding_model == bank.embedding_model
     assert result_bank.chunk_size_in_tokens == bank.chunk_size_in_tokens
     assert result_bank.overlap_size_in_tokens == bank.overlap_size_in_tokens
     assert result_bank.provider_id == bank.provider_id
+
+    results = await registry.get("test_model")
+    assert len(results) == 1
+    result_model = results[0]
+    assert result_model.identifier == model.identifier
+    assert result_model.llama_model == model.llama_model
+    assert result_model.provider_id == model.provider_id