diff --git a/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js
index 2505225f..95ac44e6 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-cli/src/utils/common.js
@@ -38,10 +38,14 @@ const parseDataFromResponse = (response, disableParsingResponseJson = false) =>
     // Filter out ZWNBSP character
     // https://gist.github.com/antic183/619f42b559b78028d1fe9e7ae8a1352d
     data = data.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
-    if (!disableParsingResponseJson) {
+    
+    // If the response is a string and starts and ends with double quotes, it's a stringified JSON and should not be parsed
+    if (!disableParsingResponseJson && !(typeof data === 'string' && data.startsWith('"') && data.endsWith('"'))) {
       data = JSON.parse(data);
     }
-  } catch { }
+  } catch {
+    console.log('Failed to parse response data as JSON');
+  }
 
   return { data, dataBuffer };
 };
diff --git a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
index 84f49d07..e8e0b003 100644
--- a/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
+++ b/packages/bruno-electron/src/ipc/network/index.js
@@ -365,9 +365,9 @@ const parseDataFromResponse = (response, disableParsingResponseJson = false) =>
   try {
     // Filter out ZWNBSP character
     // https://gist.github.com/antic183/619f42b559b78028d1fe9e7ae8a1352d
+    data = data.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
 
     // If the response is a string and starts and ends with double quotes, it's a stringified JSON and should not be parsed
-    data = data.replace(/^\uFEFF/, '');
     if ( !disableParsingResponseJson && ! (typeof data === 'string' && data.startsWith("\"") && data.endsWith("\""))) {
       data = JSON.parse(data);
     }