diff --git a/Asm/Ansible/Command/AbstractAnsibleCommand.php b/Asm/Ansible/Command/AbstractAnsibleCommand.php
index d3e6829..33c4479 100644
--- a/Asm/Ansible/Command/AbstractAnsibleCommand.php
+++ b/Asm/Ansible/Command/AbstractAnsibleCommand.php
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ abstract class AbstractAnsibleCommand
 
     private array $baseOptions;
 
+    private bool $useStdoutForError;
+
     /**
      * @param ProcessBuilderInterface $processBuilder
      * @param LoggerInterface|null         $logger
@@ -44,6 +46,7 @@ public function __construct(ProcessBuilderInterface $processBuilder, LoggerInter
         $this->options = [];
         $this->parameters = [];
         $this->baseOptions = [];
+        $this->useStdoutForError = false;
         $this->setLogger($logger ?? new NullLogger());
     }
 
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ protected function runProcess(?callable $callback): int|string
 
         // if no callback is set, and the process is not successful, we return the output
         if (false === $process->isSuccessful()) {
-            return $process->getErrorOutput();
+            return $this->useStdoutForError ? $process->getOutput() : $process->getErrorOutput();
         }
 
         // if no callback is set, and the process is successful, we return the output
@@ -210,4 +213,14 @@ protected function getProcessCommandline(Process $process): string
 
         return sprintf('%s %s', implode(' ', $vars), $commandline);
     }
+
+    /**
+     * in case ansible explicitly is in json mode, this will be set to be able to get error outputs 
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    protected function useStdoutForError(): void
+    {
+        $this->useStdoutForError = true;
+    }
 }
diff --git a/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybook.php b/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybook.php
index 46e8895..a1c8c92 100644
--- a/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybook.php
+++ b/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybook.php
@@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ public function colors(bool $colors = true): AnsiblePlaybookInterface
     public function json(): AnsiblePlaybookInterface
     {
         $this->processBuilder->setEnv('ANSIBLE_STDOUT_CALLBACK', 'json');
+        $this->useStdoutForError();
 
         return $this;
     }
diff --git a/Tests/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybookTest.php b/Tests/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybookTest.php
index 83fb8ee..32cc499 100644
--- a/Tests/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybookTest.php
+++ b/Tests/Asm/Ansible/Command/AnsiblePlaybookTest.php
@@ -888,6 +888,38 @@ public function testReturnsErrorOutputIfProcessWasNotSuccessful(): void
         self::assertEquals('error output', $playbook->execute());
     }
 
+    public function testReturnsErrorOutputIfProcessWasNotSuccessfulInJsonMode(): void
+    {
+        $builder = $this->createMock(ProcessBuilderInterface::class);
+        $builder
+            ->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('setArguments')
+            ->willReturnSelf();
+        $builder
+            ->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('getProcess')
+            ->willReturn($process = $this->createMock(Process::class));
+        $process
+            ->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('run');
+        $process
+            ->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('isSuccessful')
+            ->willReturn(false);
+        $process
+            ->expects(self::once())
+            ->method('getOutput')
+            ->willReturn('{ "error": "error output" }');
+        $process
+            ->expects(self::never())
+            ->method('getErrorOutput');
+
+        $playbook = new AnsiblePlaybook($builder);
+        $playbook->json();
+
+        self::assertEquals('{ "error": "error output" }', $playbook->execute());
+    }
+
     public function testReturnsNormalOutputIfProcessWasSuccessful(): void
     {
         $builder = $this->createMock(ProcessBuilderInterface::class);