diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 691f9be..5ed6d18 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -4,16 +4,19 @@ All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
 
 The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/) and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](http://semver.org/).
 
-## 2.0.0-rc2 - 2021.02.17
+## 2.0.0-rc3 - 2021.08.16
+
+### Fixes
+- Fixes issues with telephone not saving under some circumstances
 
-> v2.0.0 requires `"oembed/oembed": "^4.0"` which requires `"php": "^7.4|^8",`. Additionally the return data format has changed due to the updated `oembed/oembed` library. The new format can be found in the [https://github.com/newism/craft3-fields/blob/master/README.md](README.md). Existing content will still continue to work.
+## 2.0.0-rc2 - 2021.02.17
 
 ### Fixes
  - `{{ entry.embedField.embedData.code }}` is now an array. Use `{{ entry.embedField.embedData.code.html }}` to get the value
 
 ## 2.0.0-rc1 - 2021.02.16
 
-> v2.0.0 requires `"oembed/oembed": "^4.0"` which requires `"php": "^7.4|^8",`. Additionally the return data format has changed due to the updated `oembed/oembed` library. The new format can be found in the [https://github.com/newism/craft3-fields/blob/master/README.md](README.md). Existing content will still continue to work.
+> {warning} v2.0.0 requires `"oembed/oembed": "^4.0"` which requires `"php": "^7.4|^8",`. Additionally the return data format has changed due to the updated `oembed/oembed` library. The new format can be found in the [https://github.com/newism/craft3-fields/blob/master/README.md](README.md). Existing content will still continue to work.
 
 ### Changes
  - Updated dependency on `oembed/oembed` to ^v4.0
diff --git a/src/fields/Embed.php b/src/fields/Embed.php
index 5e6ebbd..4cb26fa 100644
--- a/src/fields/Embed.php
+++ b/src/fields/Embed.php
@@ -102,10 +102,23 @@ public function rules(): array
      */
     public function normalizeValue($value, ElementInterface $element = null)
     {
+        /**
+         * Just return value if it's already an EmbedModel.
+         */
+        if ($value instanceof EmbedModel) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Serialised value from the DB
+         */
         if (is_string($value)) {
-            $value = json_decode($value, true);
+            $value = json_decode($value, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Array value from post or unserialized array
+         */
         if (is_array($value) && $value['rawInput']) {
             if (!Craft::$app->getRequest()->getIsConsoleRequest() && Craft::$app->getRequest()->getIsPost()) {
                 $embedData = NsmFields::getInstance()->embed->parse($value['rawInput']);
diff --git a/src/fields/Gender.php b/src/fields/Gender.php
index ee8ee02..7824994 100644
--- a/src/fields/Gender.php
+++ b/src/fields/Gender.php
@@ -99,10 +99,23 @@ public function normalizeValue(
         $value,
         ElementInterface $element = null
     ) {
+        /**
+         * Just return value if it's already an GenderModel.
+         */
+        if ($value instanceof GenderModel) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Serialised value from the DB
+         */
         if (is_string($value)) {
-            $value = json_decode($value, true);
+            $value = json_decode($value, true, 512, JSON_THROW_ON_ERROR);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Array value from post or unserialized array
+         */
         if (is_array($value) && !empty(array_filter($value))) {
             return new GenderModel($value);
         }
diff --git a/src/fields/PersonName.php b/src/fields/PersonName.php
index 0421a34..47c43b0 100644
--- a/src/fields/PersonName.php
+++ b/src/fields/PersonName.php
@@ -99,10 +99,23 @@ public function normalizeValue(
         $value,
         ElementInterface $element = null
     ) {
+        /**
+         * Just return value if it's already an PersonNameModel.
+         */
+        if ($value instanceof PersonNameModel) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Serialised value from the DB
+         */
         if (is_string($value)) {
             $value = json_decode($value, true);
         }
 
+        /**
+         * Array value from post or unserialized array
+         */
         if (is_array($value) && !empty(array_filter($value))) {
             return new PersonNameModel($value);
         }
diff --git a/src/fields/Telephone.php b/src/fields/Telephone.php
index 7b1049c..a871866 100644
--- a/src/fields/Telephone.php
+++ b/src/fields/Telephone.php
@@ -110,6 +110,13 @@ public function rules(): array
      */
     public function normalizeValue($value, ElementInterface $element = null)
     {
+        /**
+         * Just return value if it's already an TelephoneModel.
+         */
+        if ($value instanceof TelephoneModel) {
+            return $value;
+        }
+
         /**
          * Serialised value from the DB
          */
@@ -118,16 +125,16 @@ public function normalizeValue($value, ElementInterface $element = null)
         }
 
         /**
-         * Default values
+         * Array value from post or unserialized array
          */
-        if (!is_array($value)) {
-            $value = [
-                'countryCode' => $this->defaultCountryCode,
-                'rawInput' => '',
-            ];
+        if (is_array($value) && !empty(array_filter($value))) {
+            return new TelephoneModel([
+                $value['countryCode'] ?? $this->defaultCountryCode,
+                $value['rawInput']
+            ]);
         }
 
-        return new TelephoneModel($value['countryCode'] ?? $this->defaultCountryCode, $value['rawInput']);
+        return null;
     }
 
     /**