AWS dynamodb-geo-ios not creating the JSON object with data received

I am trying to run the example at http://ift.tt/1cNg8uh and everything sets up fine. ElasticBeanstalk is setup, DynamoDB sample database gets created, app loads up fine and i believe i am getting the data when requested. I check the self.data property in the connectionDidFinishLoading method and there is data there.

But when the NSDictionary *resultDictionary = [NSJSONSerialization JSONObjectWithData:self.data options:0 error:nil]; is executed the dictionary is null.

I really appreciate any help! This is the only full example i can find showing this setup.

Thanks!