1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/synapse/http/client.py b/synapse/http/client.py
index 8aeb70cdec..dad01a8e56 100644
--- a/synapse/http/client.py
+++ b/synapse/http/client.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import urllib
 from io import BytesIO
 
 import treq
-from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json, json
+from canonicaljson import encode_canonical_json
 from netaddr import IPAddress
 from prometheus_client import Counter
 from zope.interface import implementer, provider
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ from synapse.http import (
 from synapse.http.proxyagent import ProxyAgent
 from synapse.logging.context import make_deferred_yieldable
 from synapse.logging.opentracing import set_tag, start_active_span, tags
+from synapse.util import json_decoder
 from synapse.util.async_helpers import timeout_deferred
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
@@ -391,7 +392,7 @@ class SimpleHttpClient(object):
         body = await make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
 
         if 200 <= response.code < 300:
-            return json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
+            return json_decoder.decode(body.decode("utf-8"))
         else:
             raise HttpResponseException(
                 response.code, response.phrase.decode("ascii", errors="replace"), body
@@ -433,7 +434,7 @@ class SimpleHttpClient(object):
         body = await make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
 
         if 200 <= response.code < 300:
-            return json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
+            return json_decoder.decode(body.decode("utf-8"))
         else:
             raise HttpResponseException(
                 response.code, response.phrase.decode("ascii", errors="replace"), body
@@ -463,7 +464,7 @@ class SimpleHttpClient(object):
             actual_headers.update(headers)
 
         body = await self.get_raw(uri, args, headers=headers)
-        return json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
+        return json_decoder.decode(body.decode("utf-8"))
 
     async def put_json(self, uri, json_body, args={}, headers=None):
         """ Puts some json to the given URI.
@@ -506,7 +507,7 @@ class SimpleHttpClient(object):
         body = await make_deferred_yieldable(readBody(response))
 
         if 200 <= response.code < 300:
-            return json.loads(body.decode("utf-8"))
+            return json_decoder.decode(body.decode("utf-8"))
         else:
             raise HttpResponseException(
                 response.code, response.phrase.decode("ascii", errors="replace"), body