diff --git a/plugins/communication_protocols/http/pyproject.toml b/plugins/communication_protocols/http/pyproject.toml
index dbe2d32..cbd0ed8 100644
--- a/plugins/communication_protocols/http/pyproject.toml
+++ b/plugins/communication_protocols/http/pyproject.toml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
 
 [project]
 name = "utcp-http"
-version = "1.0.2"
+version = "1.0.3"
 authors = [
   { name = "UTCP Contributors" },
 ]
diff --git a/plugins/communication_protocols/http/src/utcp_http/http_communication_protocol.py b/plugins/communication_protocols/http/src/utcp_http/http_communication_protocol.py
index 199c76e..68de65e 100644
--- a/plugins/communication_protocols/http/src/utcp_http/http_communication_protocol.py
+++ b/plugins/communication_protocols/http/src/utcp_http/http_communication_protocol.py
@@ -313,7 +313,11 @@ async def call_tool(self, caller, tool_name: str, tool_args: Dict[str, Any], too
                     
                     content_type = response.headers.get('Content-Type', '').lower()
                     if 'application/json' in content_type:
-                        return await response.json()
+                        try:
+                            return await response.json()
+                        except Exception:
+                            logger.error(f"Error parsing JSON response from tool '{tool_name}' on call template '{tool_call_template.name}', even though Content-Type was application/json")
+                            return await response.text()
                     return await response.text()
                     
             except aiohttp.ClientResponseError as e: