diff --git a/src/en/elarcpage/build.gradle b/src/en/elarcpage/build.gradle
index 47f715d41..8328b619f 100644
--- a/src/en/elarcpage/build.gradle
+++ b/src/en/elarcpage/build.gradle
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ ext {
     extClass = '.ElarcPage'
     themePkg = 'mangathemesia'
     baseUrl = 'https://elarctoons.com'
-    overrideVersionCode = 5
+    overrideVersionCode = 6
     isNsfw = false
 }
 
diff --git a/src/en/elarcpage/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/elarcpage/ElarcPage.kt b/src/en/elarcpage/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/elarcpage/ElarcPage.kt
index 24bc44682..4380c43aa 100644
--- a/src/en/elarcpage/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/elarcpage/ElarcPage.kt
+++ b/src/en/elarcpage/src/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/en/elarcpage/ElarcPage.kt
@@ -52,6 +52,12 @@ class ElarcPage : MangaThemesia(
 
         // Always update URL
         val response = chain.proceed(request)
+
+        // Skip responses that do not start with "text/html"
+        if (response.header("content-type")?.startsWith("text/html") != true) {
+            return response
+        }
+
         val document = Jsoup.parse(
             response.peekBody(Long.MAX_VALUE).string(),
             request.url.toString(),