diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 950776c..eba1ed7 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 	<groupId>com.bwssystems.HABridge</groupId>
 	<artifactId>ha-bridge</artifactId>
-	<version>4beta3.3</version>
+	<version>4beta3.4</version>
 	<packaging>jar</packaging>
 
 	<name>HA Bridge</name>
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/hue/HueMulator.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/hue/HueMulator.java
index ce8958e..87829fc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/hue/HueMulator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/hue/HueMulator.java
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ import com.bwssystems.HABridge.plugins.hue.HueHome;
 import com.bwssystems.HABridge.util.JsonTransformer;
 import com.google.gson.Gson;
 import com.google.gson.GsonBuilder;
+import com.google.gson.JsonSyntaxException;
 
 import static spark.Spark.get;
 import static spark.Spark.options;
@@ -746,9 +747,17 @@ public class HueMulator {
 			} else if(!url.startsWith("[{\"item\""))
 				url = "[{\"item\":" + url + "}]";
 
+			log.debug("Decode Json for url items: " + url);
 			CallItem[] callItems = null;
-			callItems = aGsonHandler.fromJson(url, CallItem[].class);
-
+			try {
+				callItems = aGsonHandler.fromJson(url, CallItem[].class);
+			} catch(JsonSyntaxException e) {
+				log.warn("Could not decode Json for url items: " + lightId + " for hue state change request: " + userId + " from "
+						+ ipAddress + " body: " + body + " url items: " + url);
+				return aGsonHandler.toJson(HueErrorResponse.createResponse("3", "/lights/" + lightId,
+						"Could decode json in request", "/lights/" + lightId, null, null).getTheErrors(), HueError[].class);
+			}
+			
 			for (int i = 0; callItems != null && i < callItems.length; i++) {
 				if(!filterByRequester(callItems[i].getFilterIPs(), ipAddress)) {
 					log.debug("filter for requester address not present in list: " + callItems[i].getFilterIPs() + " with request ip of: " + ipAddress);
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/plugins/harmony/HarmonyHome.java b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/plugins/harmony/HarmonyHome.java
index 0c099d4..e02bde4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/plugins/harmony/HarmonyHome.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/bwssystems/HABridge/plugins/harmony/HarmonyHome.java
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ public class HarmonyHome implements Home {
 		} else {
 			if(anItem.getType().trim().equalsIgnoreCase(DeviceMapTypes.HARMONY_ACTIVITY[DeviceMapTypes.typeIndex]))
 			{
-				RunActivity anActivity = aGsonHandler.fromJson(anItem.getItem().getAsString(), RunActivity.class);
+				RunActivity anActivity = aGsonHandler.fromJson(anItem.getItem(), RunActivity.class);
 				if(anActivity.getHub() == null || anActivity.getHub().isEmpty())
 					anActivity.setHub(device.getTargetDevice());
 				HarmonyHandler myHarmony = getHarmonyHandler(anActivity.getHub());