diff --git a/fbchat/utils.py b/fbchat/utils.py
index 1a3285a..260a658 100644
--- a/fbchat/utils.py
+++ b/fbchat/utils.py
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ def now():
     return int(time()*1000)
 
 def get_json(text):
-    return json.loads(re.sub(r"for.*(.*;.*;.*).*;", '', text.encode('utf-8').decode("unicode-escape"), 1))
+    return json.loads(re.sub(r"^[^{]*", '', text, 1))
 
 def digit_to_char(digit):
     if digit < 10: