diff --git a/nextcloud/update_collabora.yml b/nextcloud/update_collabora.yml
index 79e2499..d386f71 100644
--- a/nextcloud/update_collabora.yml
+++ b/nextcloud/update_collabora.yml
@@ -109,7 +109,6 @@
       changed_when: false
       failed_when: false
       when: collab_caps_uri.status | default(0) != 200
-
     # --- Decide which payload to use (prefer uri if 200) ---
     - name: Collabora | Select payload source
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
@@ -120,13 +119,23 @@
              (collab_caps_vm.stdout | default('')))
           }}
 
-    # --- Try to parse JSON; if it fails, we'll show raw ---
-    - name: Collabora | Parse JSON if possible
+    # --- Prefer JSON object provided by uri module when available ---
+    - name: Collabora | Prefer JSON from controller if available  # English comments
+      ansible.builtin.set_fact:
+        collab_caps_json: "{{ collab_caps_uri.json }}"
+      when: collab_caps_uri.json is defined
+
+    # --- Fallback: parse JSON from raw only if it looks like JSON ---
+    - name: Collabora | Fallback parse from raw string
       ansible.builtin.set_fact:
         collab_caps_json: "{{ collab_caps_raw | from_json }}"
+      when:
+        - collab_caps_json is not defined
+        - collab_caps_raw is defined
+        - (collab_caps_raw | trim) is match('^\\{')
       failed_when: false
 
-    # --- Always show a raw payload (useful when response is HTML error like 502) ---
+    # --- Always show a raw payload (useful for 502 HTML or text) ---
     - name: Collabora | RAW capabilities payload
       ansible.builtin.debug:
         msg: |