1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/swaybar/ipc.c b/swaybar/ipc.c
index 6bbe9408..05238d8b 100644
--- a/swaybar/ipc.c
+++ b/swaybar/ipc.c
@@ -547,9 +547,14 @@ bool handle_ipc_readable(struct swaybar *bar) {
                 return false;
         }
 
-        json_object *result = json_tokener_parse(resp->payload);
-        if (!result) {
-                sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "failed to parse payload as json");
+        json_tokener *tok = json_tokener_new_ex(INT_MAX);
+        json_object *result = json_tokener_parse_ex(tok, resp->payload, -1);
+        enum json_tokener_error err = json_tokener_get_error(tok);
+        json_tokener_free(tok);
+
+        if (err != json_tokener_success) {
+                sway_log(SWAY_ERROR, "failed to parse payload as json: %s",
+                                json_tokener_error_desc(err));
                 free_ipc_response(resp);
                 return false;
         }