diff --git a/src/agents/action/action.py b/src/agents/action/action.py
index 5544d60c..23fbfbee 100644
--- a/src/agents/action/action.py
+++ b/src/agents/action/action.py
@@ -25,11 +25,9 @@ def render(
 
     def validate_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
-        
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
  
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
diff --git a/src/agents/answer/answer.py b/src/agents/answer/answer.py
index 94e2575b..11450d8b 100644
--- a/src/agents/answer/answer.py
+++ b/src/agents/answer/answer.py
@@ -27,10 +27,8 @@ def render(
     def validate_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
         
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
- 
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
diff --git a/src/agents/decision/decision.py b/src/agents/decision/decision.py
index 9e989071..44aac745 100644
--- a/src/agents/decision/decision.py
+++ b/src/agents/decision/decision.py
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ def render(self, prompt: str) -> str:
 
     def validate_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
-        
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
 
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
diff --git a/src/agents/internal_monologue/internal_monologue.py b/src/agents/internal_monologue/internal_monologue.py
index dd6152c2..a4324207 100644
--- a/src/agents/internal_monologue/internal_monologue.py
+++ b/src/agents/internal_monologue/internal_monologue.py
@@ -17,11 +17,9 @@ def render(self, current_prompt: str) -> str:
 
     def validate_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
-        
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
  
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
diff --git a/src/agents/researcher/researcher.py b/src/agents/researcher/researcher.py
index d4f7a102..3485a3be 100644
--- a/src/agents/researcher/researcher.py
+++ b/src/agents/researcher/researcher.py
@@ -25,9 +25,8 @@ def render(self, step_by_step_plan: str, contextual_keywords: str) -> str:
     def validate_response(self, response: str) -> dict | bool:
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
 
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
diff --git a/src/agents/runner/runner.py b/src/agents/runner/runner.py
index 0ec84d4f..3bbea791 100644
--- a/src/agents/runner/runner.py
+++ b/src/agents/runner/runner.py
@@ -53,11 +53,9 @@ def render_rerunner(
 
     def validate_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
-        
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
  
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False
@@ -69,13 +67,11 @@ def validate_response(self, response: str):
         
     def validate_rerunner_response(self, response: str):
         response = response.strip().replace("```json", "```")
-        
-        if response.startswith("```") and response.endswith("```"):
-            response = response[3:-3].strip()
  
         print(response)
  
         try:
+            response = response.split("```")[1].split("```")[0]
             response = json.loads(response)
         except Exception as _:
             return False