diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/online/all/MangaDex.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/online/all/MangaDex.kt
index fe1d419b5..220b5790c 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/online/all/MangaDex.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/source/online/all/MangaDex.kt
@@ -151,8 +151,8 @@ class MangaDex(delegate: HttpSource, val context: Context) :
     }
 
     private fun mangaPlusPageListRequest(chapter: SChapter): Request {
-        val chpUrl = chapter.url.substringBefore(MdUtil.apiChapterSuffix)
-        return GET(MdUtil.baseUrl + chpUrl + MdUtil.apiChapterSuffix, headers, CacheControl.FORCE_NETWORK)
+        val urlChapterId = MdUtil.getChapterId(chapter.url)
+        return GET(MdUtil.apiUrl + MdUtil.newApiChapter + urlChapterId + MdUtil.apiChapterSuffix, headers, CacheControl.FORCE_NETWORK)
     }
 
     override fun fetchImage(page: Page): Observable<Response> {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiChapterParser.kt b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiChapterParser.kt
index 582b35930..2ce30b3de 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiChapterParser.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/exh/md/handlers/ApiChapterParser.kt
@@ -4,8 +4,6 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.parseAs
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.source.model.Page
 import exh.md.handlers.serializers.ApiChapterSerializer
 import exh.md.utils.MdUtil
-import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonObject
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonPrimitive
@@ -27,8 +25,7 @@ class ApiChapterParser {
     }
 
     fun externalParse(response: Response): String {
-        val jsonData = response.body!!.string()
-        val json = Json.decodeFromString<JsonObject>(jsonData)
+        val json = response.parseAs<JsonObject>()
         val external = json["data"]!!.jsonObject["pages"]!!.jsonPrimitive.content
         return external.substringAfterLast("/")
     }