diff --git a/JSONReindent.sublime-settings b/JSONReindent.sublime-settings
index e0e9565..b3ccc3d 100644
--- a/JSONReindent.sublime-settings
+++ b/JSONReindent.sublime-settings
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
 {
-    "sort_keys": false,
-    "strict_decoder": false
+    "sort_keys": false
 }
diff --git a/json_reindent/__init__.py b/json_reindent/__init__.py
index 6aff385..72bd544 100644
--- a/json_reindent/__init__.py
+++ b/json_reindent/__init__.py
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
-import yaml
 import json
-import logging
 from .utils import ordered_load
 
-logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
-
 
 def parse_input(content, *args, **kwargs):
-    return ordered_load(content, yaml.SafeLoader, *args, **kwargs)
+    return ordered_load(content, *args, **kwargs)
 
 
 def format_output(data, indent=2, separators=[',', ': '], sort_keys=False, ensure_ascii=False):
diff --git a/json_reindent/utils.py b/json_reindent/utils.py
index 23b03d2..f1c30e2 100644
--- a/json_reindent/utils.py
+++ b/json_reindent/utils.py
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
+import json
 import yaml
 import collections
+import logging
 
+logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-def ordered_load(stream, Loader=yaml.Loader, use_collections=True):
+
+def ordered_load(stream, use_collections=True):
     if use_collections and hasattr(collections, 'OrderedDict'):
         object_pairs_hook = collections.OrderedDict
     else:
         object_pairs_hook = dict
 
+    try:
+        return yaml_ordered_load(stream, object_pairs_hook)
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(e, exc_info=True)
+
+        return json_ordered_load(stream, object_pairs_hook)
+
+
+def json_ordered_load(stream, object_pairs_hook):
+    return json.loads(
+        stream,
+        strict=False,
+        object_pairs_hook=object_pairs_hook)
+
+
+def yaml_ordered_load(stream, object_pairs_hook, Loader=yaml.Loader):
     class OrderedLoader(Loader):
         pass
 
diff --git a/tests/static/fail_yaml/result.json b/tests/static/fail_yaml/result.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..562a08c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/static/fail_yaml/result.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "deviceID": "99d5ce418b134705",
+  "_useragent": "android\/app\/4.4"
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/static/fail_yaml/test.json b/tests/static/fail_yaml/test.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee979fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/static/fail_yaml/test.json
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"deviceID":"99d5ce418b134705","_useragent":"android\/app\/4.4"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_base.py b/tests/test_base.py
index 8bcca27..356b82c 100644
--- a/tests/test_base.py
+++ b/tests/test_base.py
@@ -33,3 +33,9 @@ def test_no_collections():
     data = parse_input(get_static_content('base/test.json'), use_collections=False)
     output = format_output(data)
     assert json.loads(output) == json.loads(get_static_content('base/result.json'))
+
+
+def test_fail_yaml():
+    data = parse_input(get_static_content('fail_yaml/test.json'))
+    output = format_output(data)
+    assert json.loads(output) == json.loads(get_static_content('fail_yaml/result.json'))