diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
index 7104c9daca..987f58423a 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/rest.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,10 @@ class RestIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       response.headers,
       { downloadImages: this.config.downloadImages }
     )
+    let contentLength = response.headers.get("content-length")
+    if (!contentLength && raw) {
+      contentLength = Buffer.byteLength(raw, "utf8").toString()
+    }
     if (
       contentDisposition.includes("filename") ||
       contentDisposition.includes("attachment") ||
@@ -156,36 +160,44 @@ class RestIntegration implements IntegrationBase {
       filename =
         path.basename(parse(contentDisposition).parameters?.filename) || ""
     }
+
+    let triedParsing: boolean = false,
+      responseTxt: string | undefined
+    const hasContent = contentLength && parseInt(contentLength) > 0
     try {
       if (filename) {
         return handleFileResponse(response, filename, this.startTimeMs)
       } else {
+        responseTxt = hasContent ? await response.text() : ""
         if (response.status === 204) {
           data = []
           raw = ""
-        } else if (contentType.includes("application/json")) {
-          data = await response.json()
-          raw = JSON.stringify(data)
+        } else if (hasContent && contentType.includes("application/json")) {
+          triedParsing = true
+          data = JSON.parse(responseTxt)
+          raw = responseTxt
         } else if (
-          contentType.includes("text/xml") ||
+          (hasContent && contentType.includes("text/xml")) ||
           contentType.includes("application/xml")
         ) {
-          let xmlResponse = await handleXml(response)
+          triedParsing = true
+          let xmlResponse = await handleXml(responseTxt)
           data = xmlResponse.data
           raw = xmlResponse.rawXml
         } else {
-          data = await response.text()
+          data = responseTxt
           raw = data as string
         }
       }
     } catch (err) {
-      throw `Failed to parse response body: ${err}`
+      if (triedParsing) {
+        data = responseTxt
+        raw = data as string
+      } else {
+        throw new Error(`Failed to parse response body: ${err}`)
+      }
     }
 
-    let contentLength = response.headers.get("content-length")
-    if (!contentLength && raw) {
-      contentLength = Buffer.byteLength(raw, "utf8").toString()
-    }
     const size = formatBytes(contentLength || "0")
     const time = `${Math.round(performance.now() - this.startTimeMs)}ms`
     headers = response.headers.raw()
diff --git a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/utils.ts b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/utils.ts
index 5bc90bc295..069bd750ae 100644
--- a/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/packages/server/src/integrations/utils/utils.ts
@@ -485,9 +485,8 @@ export function isValidFilter(value: any) {
   return value != null && value !== ""
 }
 
-export async function handleXml(response: any) {
-  let data,
-    rawXml = await response.text()
+export async function handleXml(rawXml: string) {
+  let data
   data =
     (await xmlParser(rawXml, {
       explicitArray: false,