diff --git a/swaymsg/main.c b/swaymsg/main.c
index 574d3b75..ce5d7d71 100644
--- a/swaymsg/main.c
+++ b/swaymsg/main.c
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #define _POSIX_C_SOURCE 200809L
+#include <limits.h>
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
@@ -480,7 +481,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 	char *resp = ipc_single_command(socketfd, type, command, &len);
 
 	// pretty print the json
-	json_object *obj = json_tokener_parse(resp);
+	json_tokener *tok = json_tokener_new_ex(INT_MAX);
+	json_object *obj = json_tokener_parse_ex(tok, resp, -1);
+	json_tokener_free(tok);
 	if (obj == NULL) {
 		if (!quiet) {
 			fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not parse json response from ipc. "
@@ -517,7 +520,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
 				break;
 			}
 
-			json_object *obj = json_tokener_parse(reply->payload);
+			json_tokener *tok = json_tokener_new_ex(INT_MAX);
+			json_object *obj = json_tokener_parse_ex(tok, reply->payload, -1);
+			json_tokener_free(tok);
 			if (obj == NULL) {
 				if (!quiet) {
 					fprintf(stderr, "ERROR: Could not parse json response from"