diff --git a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
index 5afc2bb74..2186a2f22 100644
--- a/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
+++ b/packages/nodes-base/nodes/HttpRequest.node.ts
@@ -168,7 +168,6 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 				default: 'json',
 				description: 'The format in which the data gets returned from the URL.',
 			},
-
 			{
 				displayName: 'Property Name',
 				name: 'dataPropertyName',
@@ -634,9 +633,9 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 						// Paramter is empty so skip it
 						continue;
 					}
+					const sendBinaryData = this.getNodeParameter('sendBinaryData', itemIndex, false) as boolean;
 
 					if (optionData.name === 'body' && parametersAreJson === true) {
-						const sendBinaryData = this.getNodeParameter('sendBinaryData', itemIndex, false) as boolean;
 						if (sendBinaryData === true) {
 
 							const contentTypesAllowed = [
@@ -698,8 +697,12 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 						}
 					}
 
-					// @ts-ignore
-					requestOptions[optionData.name] = tempValue;
+					try {
+						// @ts-ignore
+						requestOptions[optionData.name] = JSON.parse(tempValue as string);
+					} catch (error) {
+						throw new Error(`${optionData.name} must be a valid JSON`);
+					}
 
 					// @ts-ignore
 					if (typeof requestOptions[optionData.name] !== 'object' && options.bodyContentType !== 'raw') {
@@ -767,6 +770,7 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 			}
 
 			if (responseFormat === 'json') {
+
 				requestOptions.headers!['accept'] = 'application/json,text/*;q=0.99';
 			} else if (responseFormat === 'string') {
 				requestOptions.headers!['accept'] = 'application/json,text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml,text/*;q=0.9, */*;q=0.1';
@@ -781,7 +785,6 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 			} else {
 				requestOptions.json = true;
 			}
-
 			try {
 				// Now that the options are all set make the actual http request
 				response = await this.helpers.request(requestOptions);
@@ -850,7 +853,7 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 					returnItems.push({
 						json: {
 							[dataPropertyName]: response,
-						}
+						},
 					});
 				}
 			} else {
@@ -861,14 +864,22 @@ export class HttpRequest implements INodeType {
 						returnItem[property] = response[property];
 					}
 
-					if (typeof returnItem.body === 'string') {
-						throw new Error('Response body is not valid JSON. Change "Response Format" to "String"');
+					if (responseFormat === 'json' && typeof returnItem.body === 'string') {
+						try {
+							returnItem.body = JSON.parse(returnItem.body);
+						} catch (e) {
+							throw new Error('Response body is not valid JSON. Change "Response Format" to "String"');
+						}
 					}
 
 					returnItems.push({ json: returnItem });
 				} else {
-					if (typeof response === 'string') {
-						throw new Error('Response body is not valid JSON. Change "Response Format" to "String"');
+					if (responseFormat === 'json' && typeof response === 'string') {
+						try {
+							response = JSON.parse(response);
+						} catch (e) {
+							throw new Error('Response body is not valid JSON. Change "Response Format" to "String"');
+						}
 					}
 
 					returnItems.push({ json: response });