diff --git a/intelligence/augorWorker.js b/intelligence/augorWorker.js
index 421665d..033949d 100644
--- a/intelligence/augorWorker.js
+++ b/intelligence/augorWorker.js
@@ -178,7 +178,12 @@ async function callLlm(llmConfig, prompt) {
     "Authorization": `Bearer ${llmConfig.apiKey || ""}`,
   });
 
-  const parsed = JSON.parse(responseText);
+  let parsed;
+  try {
+    parsed = JSON.parse(responseText);
+  } catch (e) {
+    throw new Error(`LLM response not JSON: ${responseText.slice(0, 300)}`);
+  }
   const content = parsed.choices?.[0]?.message?.content;
   if (!content) return null;