diff --git a/resources/share/shared/bootstrap/bootstrap.json b/resources/share/shared/bootstrap/bootstrap.json
index 331dec2d1c..eea8dfd348 100644
--- a/resources/share/shared/bootstrap/bootstrap.json
+++ b/resources/share/shared/bootstrap/bootstrap.json
@@ -71,5 +71,5 @@
             }
         ]
     },
-    "wasLoadedFromFile": false,
+    "wasLoadedFromFile": false
 }
diff --git a/src/blackmisc/json.cpp b/src/blackmisc/json.cpp
index 98c650ec86..f271893401 100644
--- a/src/blackmisc/json.cpp
+++ b/src/blackmisc/json.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,14 @@ namespace BlackMisc::Json
     QJsonObject jsonObjectFromString(const QString &json, bool acceptCacheFormat)
     {
         if (json.isEmpty()) { return QJsonObject(); }
-        const QJsonDocument jsonDoc(QJsonDocument::fromJson(json.toUtf8()));
+
+        QJsonParseError error {};
+        const QJsonDocument jsonDoc(QJsonDocument::fromJson(json.toUtf8(), &error));
+        if (error.error != QJsonParseError::NoError)
+        {
+            throw CJsonException(error.errorString());
+        }
+
         return acceptCacheFormat ? Json::unwrapCache(jsonDoc.object()) : jsonDoc.object();
     }