diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index f3f48dd..31d1236 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const path = require('path');
 const fs = require('fs');
 const express = require('express');
+const bodyParser = require('body-parser');
 
 const config = JSON.parse(fs.readFileSync('config.json', 'utf-8'));
 
@@ -14,25 +15,29 @@ const pg = require('postgresupdater')(
 
 const app = express();
 
-app.use(express.json());
+app.use(bodyParser.text({type: '*/*'}));
 
 app.post('/', (req, res, next) => {
   console.log('post');
   if (req.query.json) {
     // json mod requests
-  } else {
-    console.log(req.body);
-    pg.query(
-      `INSERT INTO "Log" ("App", "Type", "Client", "Message", "Misc", "Stack") Values($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)`,
-      [
-        req.body.app,
-        req.body.type,
-        req.body.client,
-        req.body.message,
-        req.body.misc,
-        req.body.stack
-      ]
-    );
+  } else {  
+    try {
+      const json = JSON.parse(req.body);
+      pg.query(
+        `INSERT INTO "Log" ("App", "Type", "Client", "Message", "Misc", "Stack") Values($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6)`,
+        [
+          json.app,
+          json.type,
+          json.client,
+          json.message,
+          json.misc,
+          json.stack
+        ]
+      );
+    } catch {
+      console.log('invalid json', req.body);
+    }
   }
   res.status(201).end();
   next();
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 2697fc0..8f36c34 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
   "author": "Timo Hocker",
   "license": "GPL-3.0-or-later",
   "dependencies": {
+    "body-parser": "^1.19.0",
     "express": "^4.17.1",
     "postgresupdater": "^1.0.0"
   }