diff --git a/vk_api/vk_api.py b/vk_api/vk_api.py
index e4344e4..8d4333b 100644
--- a/vk_api/vk_api.py
+++ b/vk_api/vk_api.py
@@ -665,7 +665,15 @@ def method(self, method, values=None, captcha_sid=None, captcha_key=None,
             self.last_request = time.time()
 
         if response.ok:
-            response = response.json()
+            try:
+                response = response.json()
+            except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+                # This allows control characters
+                response = response.json(strict=False)
+                # Alternative: replace control characters with
+                # empty string
+                # sanitized = re.sub(r'[\x00-\x1f\x7f-\x9f]', '', response.content)
+                # response = json.loads(sanitized)
         else:
             error = ApiHttpError(self, method, values, raw, response)
             response = self.http_handler(error)