diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 1a77c6f..ea33518 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -271,7 +271,7 @@ function run_xhr(options) {
     xhr.body = xhr.responseText
     if(options.json) {
       try        { xhr.body = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText) }
-      catch (er) { return options.callback(er, xhr)        }
+      catch (e) { }
     }
 
     options.callback(null, xhr, xhr.body)