diff --git a/source/net/filebot/util/JsonUtilities.java b/source/net/filebot/util/JsonUtilities.java
index 557dfeaa..a0b75354 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/util/JsonUtilities.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/util/JsonUtilities.java
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ public class JsonUtilities {
 
 	public static final Object[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new Object[0];
 
-	public static Map<?, ?> readJson(CharSequence json) {
-		return (Map<?, ?>) JsonReader.jsonToJava(json.toString(), singletonMap(JsonReader.USE_MAPS, true));
+	public static Object readJson(CharSequence json) {
+		return JsonReader.jsonToJava(json.toString(), singletonMap(JsonReader.USE_MAPS, true));
 	}
 
 	public static Map<?, ?> asMap(Object node) {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
index 1aff6d8e..c5ebb8fc 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/AcoustIDClient.java
@@ -107,10 +107,10 @@ public class AcoustIDClient implements MusicIdentificationService {
 	}
 
 	public AudioTrack parseResult(String json, final int targetDuration) throws IOException {
-		Map<?, ?> data = readJson(json);
+		Object data = readJson(json);
 
-		if (!data.get("status").equals("ok")) {
-			throw new IOException("acoustid responded with error: " + data.get("status"));
+		if (!"ok".equals(getString(data, "status"))) {
+			throw new IOException("acoustid responded with error: " + getString(data, "status"));
 		}
 
 		for (Object result : getArray(data, "results")) {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/CachedJsonResource.java b/source/net/filebot/web/CachedJsonResource.java
index 1db96181..0cf40dd0 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/CachedJsonResource.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/CachedJsonResource.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package net.filebot.web;
 
+import static net.filebot.util.JsonUtilities.*;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.net.URL;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
@@ -8,9 +10,6 @@ import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import net.sf.ehcache.Cache;
 import net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager;
 
-import com.cedarsoftware.util.io.JsonObject;
-import com.cedarsoftware.util.io.JsonReader;
-
 public class CachedJsonResource extends AbstractCachedResource<String, String> {
 
 	public CachedJsonResource(String resource) {
@@ -22,9 +21,9 @@ public class CachedJsonResource extends AbstractCachedResource<String, String> {
 		return CacheManager.getInstance().getCache("web-datasource-lv3");
 	}
 
-	public JsonObject<?, ?> getJSON() throws IOException {
+	public Object getJsonObject() throws IOException {
 		try {
-			return (JsonObject<?, ?>) JsonReader.jsonToMaps(get());
+			return readJson(get());
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IOException(String.format("Error while loading JSON resource: %s (%s)", getResourceLocation(resource), e.getMessage()));
 		}
@@ -33,11 +32,11 @@ public class CachedJsonResource extends AbstractCachedResource<String, String> {
 	@Override
 	public String process(String data) throws IOException {
 		try {
-			JsonReader.jsonToMaps(data); // make sure JSON is valid
+			readJson(get()); // make sure JSON is valid
+			return data;
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new IOException(String.format("Malformed JSON: %s (%s)", getResourceLocation(resource), e.getMessage()));
 		}
-		return data;
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/FanartTVClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/FanartTVClient.java
index cac6b79a..283e2bb6 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/FanartTVClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/FanartTVClient.java
@@ -42,7 +42,9 @@ public class FanartTVClient {
 
 			@Override
 			public FanartDescriptor[] process(ByteBuffer data) throws Exception {
-				return readJson(UTF_8.decode(data)).entrySet().stream().flatMap(it -> {
+				Object json = readJson(UTF_8.decode(data));
+
+				return asMap(json).entrySet().stream().flatMap(it -> {
 					return stream(asMapArray(it.getValue())).map(item -> {
 						Map<FanartProperty, String> fields = new EnumMap<FanartProperty, String>(FanartProperty.class);
 						fields.put(FanartProperty.type, it.getKey().toString());
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/OMDbClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/OMDbClient.java
index e4ea294a..bf08a748 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/OMDbClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/OMDbClient.java
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class OMDbClient implements MovieIdentificationService {
 			}
 		};
 
-		return readJson(json.get());
+		return asMap(readJson(json.get()));
 	}
 
 	public Map<String, String> getMovieInfo(Integer i, String t, String y, boolean tomatoes) throws IOException {
diff --git a/source/net/filebot/web/TVMazeClient.java b/source/net/filebot/web/TVMazeClient.java
index 28d979ed..f66eca2b 100644
--- a/source/net/filebot/web/TVMazeClient.java
+++ b/source/net/filebot/web/TVMazeClient.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class TVMazeClient extends AbstractEpisodeListProvider {
 	}
 
 	public Object request(String resource) throws IOException {
-		return new CachedJsonResource("http://api.tvmaze.com/" + resource).getJSON();
+		return new CachedJsonResource("http://api.tvmaze.com/" + resource).getJsonObject();
 	}
 
 	@Override