diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubApi.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubApi.kt
index 1dd939b1f..8956bd4c1 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubApi.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubApi.kt
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.extension.util.ExtensionLoader
 import exh.source.BlacklistedSources
 import kotlinx.coroutines.Dispatchers
 import kotlinx.coroutines.withContext
+import kotlinx.serialization.decodeFromString
+import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonArray
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.int
 import kotlinx.serialization.json.jsonObject
@@ -23,7 +25,8 @@ internal class ExtensionGithubApi {
         val service: ExtensionGithubService = ExtensionGithubService.create()
 
         return withContext(Dispatchers.IO) {
-            val response = service.getRepo()
+            val response = Json.decodeFromString<JsonArray>(service.getRepo().toString())
+
             parseResponse(response)
         }
     }
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubService.kt b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubService.kt
index c8848b08c..052bf8d66 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubService.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/eu/kanade/tachiyomi/extension/api/ExtensionGithubService.kt
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
 package eu.kanade.tachiyomi.extension.api
 
-import com.jakewharton.retrofit2.converter.kotlinx.serialization.asConverterFactory
+import com.google.gson.JsonArray
 import eu.kanade.tachiyomi.network.NetworkHelper
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.Json
-import kotlinx.serialization.json.JsonArray
-import okhttp3.MediaType.Companion.toMediaType
 import retrofit2.Retrofit
+import retrofit2.converter.gson.GsonConverterFactory
 import retrofit2.http.GET
 import uy.kohesive.injekt.injectLazy
 
@@ -31,7 +29,7 @@ interface ExtensionGithubService {
         fun create(): ExtensionGithubService {
             val adapter = Retrofit.Builder()
                 .baseUrl(ExtensionGithubApi.BASE_URL)
-                .addConverterFactory(Json.asConverterFactory("application/json".toMediaType()))
+                .addConverterFactory(GsonConverterFactory.create())
                 .client(client)
                 .build()