diff --git a/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.cpp b/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.cpp
index a569cc19..4934ab8c 100644
--- a/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.cpp
+++ b/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.cpp
@@ -133,3 +133,12 @@ void ChatWebAPI::Listen() {
 void ChatWebAPI::ReceiveRequests() {
 	mg_mgr_poll(&mgr, 15);
 }
+
+std::optional<json> ChatWebAPI::ParseJSON(char* data) {
+	try {
+		return std::make_optional<json>(json::parse(data));
+	} catch (const std::exception& e) {
+		LOG_DEBUG("Failed to parse JSON: %s", e.what());
+		return std::nullopt;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.h b/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.h
index ee01351f..f563fd1b 100644
--- a/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.h
+++ b/dChatServer/ChatWebAPI.h
@@ -14,10 +14,12 @@ public:
 	void ReceiveRequests();
 	void Listen();
 private:
-	struct mg_mgr mgr;
 	static void HandleRequests(struct mg_connection *c, int ev, void *ev_data);
+	static std::optional<json> ParseJSON(char * data);
+
+	struct mg_mgr mgr;
 	inline static const std::string root_path = "/api/v1/";
 	inline static const char * json_content_type = "Content-Type: application/json\r\n";
 };
 
-#endif
\ No newline at end of file
+#endif
diff --git a/dCommon/GeneralUtils.h b/dCommon/GeneralUtils.h
index 3ab0caea..663ac7bc 100644
--- a/dCommon/GeneralUtils.h
+++ b/dCommon/GeneralUtils.h
@@ -18,9 +18,6 @@
 #include "dPlatforms.h"
 #include "Game.h"
 #include "Logger.h"
-#include "json.hpp"
-
-using json = nlohmann::json;
 
 enum eInventoryType : uint32_t;
 enum class eObjectBits : size_t;
@@ -263,20 +260,6 @@ namespace GeneralUtils {
 		return (str.size() == 3) ? TryParse<NiPoint3>(str[0], str[1], str[2]) : std::nullopt;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * The TryParse overload for handling json parsing
-	 * @param str The string that is the json to parse
-	 * @returns An std::optional containing the desired json if it can be parsed from the string
-	*/
-	template <typename T>
-	[[nodiscard]] std::optional<json> TryParse(const std::string_view str) {
-		try {
-			return json::parse(str);
-		} catch (const std::exception& e) {
-			return std::nullopt;
-		}
-	}
-
 	template <typename T>
 	std::u16string to_u16string(const T value) {
 		return GeneralUtils::ASCIIToUTF16(std::to_string(value));