diff --git a/src/jobs/instance.rs b/src/jobs/instance.rs
index 25a5491..5f7c3a2 100644
--- a/src/jobs/instance.rs
+++ b/src/jobs/instance.rs
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ impl QueryInstance {
             .await?;
 
         let description = if instance.description.is_empty() {
-            instance.short_description
+            instance.short_description.unwrap_or(String::new())
         } else {
             instance.description
         };
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ impl ActixJob for QueryInstance {
 #[derive(serde::Deserialize)]
 struct Instance {
     title: String,
-    short_description: String,
+    short_description: Option<String>,
     description: String,
     version: String,
     registrations: bool,
diff --git a/src/requests.rs b/src/requests.rs
index 24eabd3..86a2e3c 100644
--- a/src/requests.rs
+++ b/src/requests.rs
@@ -110,9 +110,12 @@ impl Requests {
             return Err(MyError::Status(res.status()));
         }
 
-        res.json()
+        let body = res
+            .body()
             .await
-            .map_err(|e| MyError::ReceiveResponse(url.to_string(), e.to_string()))
+            .map_err(|e| MyError::ReceiveResponse(url.to_string(), e.to_string()))?;
+
+        Ok(serde_json::from_slice(body.as_ref())?)
     }
 
     pub async fn fetch_bytes(&self, url: &str) -> Result<(String, Bytes), MyError> {