diff --git a/aleksis/core/util/core_helpers.py b/aleksis/core/util/core_helpers.py
index af101acf3f792c961c2dcf2b648e1e540ac438a2..67c9daae584fbdbe84294b8439d7cfb20481aa01 100644
--- a/aleksis/core/util/core_helpers.py
+++ b/aleksis/core/util/core_helpers.py
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import os
 import pkgutil
-from ast import literal_eval
 from datetime import datetime, timedelta
 from importlib import import_module
 from itertools import groupby
@@ -229,6 +228,6 @@ def objectgetter_optional(
         if id_ is not None:
             return get_object_or_404(model, pk=id_)
         else:
-            return literal_eval(default) if default_eval else default
+            return eval(default) if default_eval else default
 
     return get_object