diff --git a/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/net.cpp b/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/net.cpp
index 42c4991d0..9446996a1 100644
--- a/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/net.cpp
+++ b/lib/libimhex/source/helpers/net.cpp
@@ -167,8 +167,10 @@ namespace hex {
             setCommonSettings(response, url, timeout);
 
             auto responseCode = execute();
-
-            return Response<nlohmann::json> { responseCode.value_or(0), nlohmann::json::parse(response) };
+            if (!responseCode.has_value())
+                return Response<nlohmann::json> { 0, { } };
+            else
+                return Response<nlohmann::json> { responseCode.value_or(0), nlohmann::json::parse(response, nullptr, false, true) };
         });
     }