diff --git a/lib/action.php b/lib/action.php
index 4a815c1483..c2d60e11e9 100644
--- a/lib/action.php
+++ b/lib/action.php
@@ -1490,7 +1490,7 @@ class Action extends HTMLOutputter // lawsuit
             }
             $this->initDocument('json');
             $error_array = array('error' => $msg, 'request' => $_SERVER['REQUEST_URI']);
-            $this->text(json_encode($error_array));
+            print(json_encode($error_array));
             $this->endDocument('json');
             break;
         case 'text':