diff --git a/backend/src/services/LLMService.ts b/backend/src/services/LLMService.ts
index 7d5e618..dfad7d2 100644
--- a/backend/src/services/LLMService.ts
+++ b/backend/src/services/LLMService.ts
@@ -41,10 +41,22 @@ export class LLMService {
         try {
             const result = await this.model.generateContent(prompt);
             const response = result.response;
-            const text = response.text();
+            let text = response.text();
+
+            const newLocal = text.match(/\{.*?\}/s);
+            // Clean the response to ensure it is valid JSON
+            const jsonMatch = newLocal;
+            if (jsonMatch) {
+                text = jsonMatch[0];
+            } else {
+                // Handle cases where no JSON is found
+                console.error("LLM did not return a valid JSON object. Response:", text);
+                throw new Error('Failed to parse LLM response as JSON.');
+            }
+
             return JSON.parse(text);
         } catch (error) {
-            console.error("Error calling Gemini API:", error);
+            console.error("Error calling Gemini API or parsing response:", error);
             throw error;
         }
     }