diff --git a/EHR.csproj b/EHR.csproj
index fa37a85ec..4968180d6 100644
--- a/EHR.csproj
+++ b/EHR.csproj
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
         <PackageReference Include="BepInEx.IL2CPP.MSBuild" Version="2.1.0-rc.1"/>
         <PackageReference Include="BepInEx.Unity.IL2CPP" Version="6.0.0-be.735" Private="false" ExcludeAssets="runtime;native"/>
         <PackageReference Include="JetBrains.Annotations" Version="2025.2.2" />
+        <PackageReference Include="JsoncParser" Version="2026.122.1022.34" />
         <PackageReference Include="Samboy063.Cpp2IL.Core" Version="2022.1.0-pre-release.20"/>
     </ItemGroup>
 
diff --git a/Modules/Translator.cs b/Modules/Translator.cs
index b1698cec7..dfeb6a237 100644
--- a/Modules/Translator.cs
+++ b/Modules/Translator.cs
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ using System.Text;
 using System.Text.Json;
 using System.Text.RegularExpressions;
 using EHR.Gamemodes;
+using Global;
 
 #if !ANDROID
 using Il2CppInterop.Runtime.InteropTypes.Arrays;
@@ -57,7 +58,7 @@ public static class Translator
                     string jsonContent = reader.ReadToEnd();
                     
                     // Deserialize the JSON into a dictionary
-                    var jsonDictionary = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<Dictionary<string, string>>(jsonContent);
+                    if (JsoncParser.Parse(jsonContent) is not Dictionary<string, string> jsonDictionary) continue;
 
                     if (jsonDictionary.TryGetValue("LanguageID", out string languageIdObj) && int.TryParse(languageIdObj, out int languageId))
                     {