diff --git a/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj b/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
index 2e6161bcd..f71f9da95 100644
--- a/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
+++ b/backend/src/app/http/middleware.clj
@@ -22,9 +22,10 @@
   (:import
    com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException
    com.fasterxml.jackson.core.io.JsonEOFException
+   com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.exc.MismatchedInputException
    io.undertow.server.RequestTooBigException
-   java.io.OutputStream
-   java.io.InputStream))
+   java.io.InputStream
+   java.io.OutputStream))
 
 (set! *warn-on-reflection* true)
 
@@ -78,11 +79,13 @@
 
 
               (or (instance? JsonEOFException cause)
-                  (instance? JsonParseException cause))
+                  (instance? JsonParseException cause)
+                  (instance? MismatchedInputException cause))
               (raise (ex/error :type :validation
                                :code :malformed-json
                                :hint (ex-message cause)
                                :cause cause))
+
               :else
               (raise cause)))]