diff --git a/src/Amalgam/importexport/FileSupportJSON.cpp b/src/Amalgam/importexport/FileSupportJSON.cpp
index f894e63b..fd5f965c 100644
--- a/src/Amalgam/importexport/FileSupportJSON.cpp
+++ b/src/Amalgam/importexport/FileSupportJSON.cpp
@@ -279,36 +279,36 @@ EvaluableNode *EvaluableNodeJSONTranslation::JsonToEvaluableNode(EvaluableNodeMa
 	auto json_padded = simdjson::padded_string(json_str);
 	auto json_top_element = json_parser.iterate(json_padded);
 
-	//simdjson needs special handling if the top element is a scalar
-	if(json_top_element.is_scalar())
+	try
 	{
-		switch(json_top_element.type())
+		//simdjson needs special handling if the top element is a scalar
+		if(json_top_element.is_scalar())
 		{
-		case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::number:
-			return enm->AllocNode(json_top_element.get_double());
+			switch(json_top_element.type())
+			{
+			case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::number:
+				return enm->AllocNode(json_top_element.get_double());
 
-		case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::string:
-		{
-			std::string_view str_view = json_top_element.get_string();
-			std::string str(str_view);
-			return enm->AllocNode(ENT_STRING, str);
-		}
+			case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::string:
+			{
+				std::string_view str_view = json_top_element.get_string();
+				std::string str(str_view);
+				return enm->AllocNode(ENT_STRING, str);
+			}
 
-		case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::boolean:
-		{
-			if(json_top_element.get_bool())
-				return enm->AllocNode(ENT_TRUE);
-			else
-				return enm->AllocNode(ENT_FALSE);
-		}
+			case simdjson::ondemand::json_type::boolean:
+			{
+				if(json_top_element.get_bool())
+					return enm->AllocNode(ENT_TRUE);
+				else
+					return enm->AllocNode(ENT_FALSE);
+			}
 
-		default:
-			return nullptr;
+			default:
+				return nullptr;
+			}
 		}
-	}
 
-	try
-	{
 		return JsonToEvaluableNodeRecurse(enm, json_top_element);
 	}
 	catch(simdjson::simdjson_error &e)