diff --git a/core/src/core-plugins.ts b/core/src/core-plugins.ts
index 7ec429f7c5..60cc5c2db8 100644
--- a/core/src/core-plugins.ts
+++ b/core/src/core-plugins.ts
@@ -385,6 +385,7 @@ export class CapacitorHttpPluginWeb
 
     let data: any;
     let blob: any;
+    let responseText: string;
     switch (responseType) {
       case 'arraybuffer':
       case 'blob':
@@ -392,7 +393,12 @@ export class CapacitorHttpPluginWeb
         data = await readBlobAsBase64(blob);
         break;
       case 'json':
-        data = await response.json();
+        responseText = await response.text();
+        try {
+          data = JSON.parse(responseText);
+        } catch (e) {
+          data = responseText;
+        }
         break;
       case 'document':
       case 'text':