diff --git a/examples/ruby-interop/demo.c b/examples/ruby-interop/demo.c
index 748992cb80..986695640d 100644
--- a/examples/ruby-interop/demo.c
+++ b/examples/ruby-interop/demo.c
@@ -220,22 +220,9 @@ VALUE call_roc(VALUE self, VALUE rb_arg)
     // Now that we've created our Ruby JSON string, we're no longer referencing the RocBytes.
     decref((void *)&ret, alignof(uint8_t *));
 
-    // return the JSON string, so the Ruby code can call JSON.parse on it.
-    // I'd love to call JSON.parse on it here, but after a couple hours of trying unsuccessfully
-    // to call JSON.parse from C, I decided it's better to just require that the caller do it.
-    // This JSON approach is temporary anyway; it will all be replaced by proper glue in the future.
-    return returned_json;
+    VALUE json_module = rb_define_module("JSON");
 
-    // Call JSON.parse on the returned JSON, so we return a normal Ruby value - most likely a hash.
-    // return rb_funcall(rb_mJSON, rb_intern("parse"), 1, returned_json);
-    // TODO this doesn't work because rb_mJSON is not defined. Neither is mJSON, although
-    // it gets defined here - https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/62849b337988268b4209c58b6de02d0002c78988/ext/json/parser/parser.rl#L935
-    // if I could only figure out how to include parser.h in here!
-    //
-    // Seems like some combination of GET_PARSER, which creates a `json` variable - https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/1d170fdc6d0af128c9e5ea2d6082790d5885a4ae/ext/json/parser/parser.h#L53
-    // - and JSON_parse_value - https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/1d170fdc6d0af128c9e5ea2d6082790d5885a4ae/ext/json/parser/parser.h#L66
-    // wich is implemented in https://github.com/ruby/ruby/blob/62849b337988268b4209c58b6de02d0002c78988/ext/json/parser/parser.rl
-    // should work...but I can't figure out how to include parser.h here.
+    return rb_funcall(json_module, rb_intern("parse"), 1, returned_json);
 }
 
 void Init_demo()