1 files changed, 10 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/swaygrab/json.c b/swaygrab/json.c
index 80dae299..32b68612 100644
--- a/swaygrab/json.c
+++ b/swaygrab/json.c
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <unistd.h>
+#include "log.h"
 #include "ipc-client.h"
 #include "swaygrab/json.h"
 
@@ -12,7 +13,15 @@ static json_object *tree;
 void init_json_tree(int socketfd) {
         uint32_t len = 0;
         char *res = ipc_single_command(socketfd, IPC_GET_TREE, NULL, &len);
-        tree = json_tokener_parse(res);
+        struct json_tokener *tok = json_tokener_new_ex(256);
+        if (!tok) {
+                sway_abort("Unable to get json tokener.");
+        }
+        tree = json_tokener_parse_ex(tok, res, len);
+        if (!tree || tok->err != json_tokener_success) {
+                sway_abort("Unable to parse IPC response as JSON: %s", json_tokener_error_desc(tok->err));
+        }
+        json_tokener_free(tok);
 }
 
 void free_json_tree() {