diff --git a/monkey/infection_monkey/master/control_channel.py b/monkey/infection_monkey/master/control_channel.py
index cdf660842..b88cd196a 100644
--- a/monkey/infection_monkey/master/control_channel.py
+++ b/monkey/infection_monkey/master/control_channel.py
@@ -84,7 +84,9 @@ class ControlChannel(IControlChannel):
             )
             response.raise_for_status()
 
-            return [Credentials.from_mapping(credentials) for credentials in response.json]
+            return [
+                Credentials.from_mapping(credentials) for credentials in json.loads(response.text)
+            ]
         except (
             requests.exceptions.JSONDecodeError,
             requests.exceptions.ConnectionError,