diff --git a/Framework/src/CcdbDatabase.cxx b/Framework/src/CcdbDatabase.cxx
index 4e6e9b60fd..993f380f4a 100644
--- a/Framework/src/CcdbDatabase.cxx
+++ b/Framework/src/CcdbDatabase.cxx
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 #include <unordered_set>
 
 #include <boost/algorithm/string.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
+#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
+#include <boost/foreach.hpp>
 
 using namespace std::chrono;
 using namespace AliceO2::Common;
@@ -184,6 +187,9 @@ std::shared_ptr<core::MonitorObject> CcdbDatabase::retrieveMO(std::string taskNa
   map<string, string> metadata;
   TObject* obj = retrieveTObject(path, metadata, when, &headers);
   Version objectVersion(headers["qc_version"]); // retrieve headers to determine the version of the QC framework
+                                                //  ILOG(Debug) << "Version of object is " << objectVersion << ENDM;
+                                                //  ILOG(Debug) << "objectVersion == Version(\"0.0.0\") : " << (objectVersion == Version("0.0.0")) << ENDM;
+                                                //  ILOG(Debug) << "objectVersion < Version(\"0.25\") : " << (objectVersion < Version("0.25")) << ENDM
 
   std::shared_ptr<MonitorObject> mo;
   if (objectVersion == Version("0.0.0") || objectVersion < Version("0.25")) {
@@ -315,21 +321,18 @@ std::vector<std::string> CcdbDatabase::getListing(std::string subpath)
 std::vector<std::string> CcdbDatabase::getPublishedObjectNames(std::string taskName)
 {
   std::vector<string> result;
-
   string listing = ccdbApi.list(taskName + "/.*", true, "Application/JSON");
 
-  // Split the string we received, by line. Also trim it and remove empty lines. Select the lines starting with "path".
-  std::stringstream ss(listing);
-  std::string line;
-  std::string taskNameEscaped = boost::replace_all_copy(taskName, "/", "\\/");
-  while (std::getline(ss, line, '\n')) {
-    ltrim(line);
-    rtrim(line);
-    if (line.length() > 0 && line.find("\"path\"") == 0) {
-      unsigned long objNameStart = 9 + taskNameEscaped.length();
-      string path = line.substr(objNameStart, line.length() - 2 /*final 2 char*/ - objNameStart);
-      result.push_back(path);
-    }
+  boost::property_tree::ptree pt;
+  stringstream ss;
+  ss << listing;
+  boost::property_tree::read_json(ss, pt);
+
+  BOOST_FOREACH (boost::property_tree::ptree::value_type& v, pt.get_child("objects")) {
+    assert(v.first.empty()); // array elements have no names
+    string data = v.second.get_child("path").data();
+    string path = data.substr(taskName.size());
+    result.push_back(path);
   }
 
   return result;
diff --git a/Framework/test/testDbFactory.cxx b/Framework/test/testDbFactory.cxx
index 44f96ba3b0..9de8a2e9cd 100644
--- a/Framework/test/testDbFactory.cxx
+++ b/Framework/test/testDbFactory.cxx
@@ -14,12 +14,12 @@
 ///
 
 #include "QualityControl/DatabaseFactory.h"
+#include "QualityControl/QcInfoLogger.h"
 
 #ifdef _WITH_MYSQL
-
 #include "QualityControl/MySqlDatabase.h"
-
 #endif
+
 #define BOOST_TEST_MODULE DbFactory test
 #define BOOST_TEST_MAIN
 #define BOOST_TEST_DYN_LINK
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ BOOST_AUTO_TEST_CASE(db_ccdb_listing)
   //  }
   BOOST_CHECK(std::find(objectNames.begin(), objectNames.end(), "/object1") != objectNames.end());
   BOOST_CHECK(std::find(objectNames.begin(), objectNames.end(), "/object2") != objectNames.end());
-  BOOST_CHECK(std::find(objectNames.begin(), objectNames.end(), "/path\\/to\\/object3") != objectNames.end());
+  BOOST_CHECK(std::find(objectNames.begin(), objectNames.end(), "/path/to/object3") != objectNames.end());
 
   // store list of streamer infos
   //    ccdb->storeStreamerInfosToFile("streamerinfos.root");