diff --git a/aikido_zen/context/__init__.py b/aikido_zen/context/__init__.py
index 296bc68e5..e6f51f10a 100644
--- a/aikido_zen/context/__init__.py
+++ b/aikido_zen/context/__init__.py
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ def set_body_internal(self, body):
             self.body = self.body.decode("utf-8")  # Decode byte input to string.
         if not isinstance(self.body, str):
             return
-        if self.body.strip()[0] in ["{", "["]:
+        if self.body.strip()[0] in ["{", "[", '"']:
             # Might be JSON, but might not have been parsed correctly by server because of wrong headers
             parsed_body = json.loads(self.body)
             if parsed_body:
diff --git a/aikido_zen/context/init_test.py b/aikido_zen/context/init_test.py
index d227d1d2d..4769167ba 100644
--- a/aikido_zen/context/init_test.py
+++ b/aikido_zen/context/init_test.py
@@ -208,6 +208,20 @@ def test_set_valid_json_with_spaces():
     assert context.body == {"key": [1, 2, 3]}
 
 
+def test_valid_json_string_with_newlines():
+    context = Context(req=basic_wsgi_req, body=None, source="flask")
+
+    context.set_body('\r\n\r\n"hello"\r\n\r\n')
+    assert context.body == "hello"
+
+
+def test_valid_json_string_with_spaces():
+    context = Context(req=basic_wsgi_req, body=None, source="flask")
+
+    context.set_body('"                    hello              "')
+    assert context.body == "                    hello              "
+
+
 def test_set_valid_json_with_newlines():
     context = Context(req=basic_wsgi_req, body=None, source="flask")