diff --git a/pycorenlp/corenlp.py b/pycorenlp/corenlp.py
index 6eb2175..b9d63bf 100644
--- a/pycorenlp/corenlp.py
+++ b/pycorenlp/corenlp.py
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ def annotate(self, text, properties=None):
             try:
                 output = json.loads(output, encoding='utf-8', strict=True)
             except:
-                pass
+                try:
+                    output = json.loads(output, strict=False)  
+                except:
+                    pass
         return output
 
     def tokensregex(self, text, pattern, filter):