diff --git a/application/controllers/Api.php b/application/controllers/Api.php
index e3f1c51a7..3abb6d03c 100644
--- a/application/controllers/Api.php
+++ b/application/controllers/Api.php
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ class API extends CI_Controller {
 		$obj = json_decode(file_get_contents("php://input"), true);
 		if ($obj === NULL) {
 		    echo json_encode(['status' => 'failed', 'reason' => "wrong JSON"]);
+		    die();
 		}
 		if(!isset($obj['key']) || $this->api_model->authorize($obj['key']) == 0) {
 		   http_response_code(401);