diff --git a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
index f9d8be62..c6610318 100755
--- a/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
+++ b/engine/server/application/LoginServer/src/shared/ClientConnection.cpp
@@ -231,7 +231,11 @@ void ClientConnection::validateClient(const std::string & id, const std::string
 
 					if (j.count("message"))
 					{
-						errMsg = j["message"].get<std::string>();
+						// fuuuu hack here - .get<cstd::string>() is returning an array and not a string, wtf?
+						errMsg = j["message"].dump();
+						errMsg.erase(std::remove(errMsg.begin(), errMsg.end(), '"'), errMsg.end());
+						errMsg.erase(std::remove(errMsg.begin(), errMsg.end(), ']'), errMsg.end());
+						errMsg.erase(std::remove(errMsg.begin(), errMsg.end(), '['), errMsg.end());
 					}
 					else
 					{