diff --git a/packages/api-client/src/platform/tauri.ts b/packages/api-client/src/platform/tauri.ts
index 357a73ab7e..7e57fc2a53 100644
--- a/packages/api-client/src/platform/tauri.ts
+++ b/packages/api-client/src/platform/tauri.ts
@@ -103,8 +103,11 @@ export class TauriModrinthClient extends XHRUploadClient {
 				throw error
 			}
 
-			const data = await response.json()
-			return data as T
+			const text = await response.text()
+			if (!text) {
+				return undefined as T
+			}
+			return JSON.parse(text) as T
 		} catch (error) {
 			throw this.normalizeError(error)
 		}