diff --git a/lib/create-container.js b/lib/create-container.js
index 46085ed..86ad820 100644
--- a/lib/create-container.js
+++ b/lib/create-container.js
@@ -29,7 +29,18 @@ function pull (docker, image, done) {
 
     streamc
       .pipe(es.map(function (data, cb) {
-        cb(null, JSON.parse(data))
+        var json_data = null
+
+        try {
+          json_data = JSON.parse(data.toString())
+        } catch (error) {
+          json_data = {
+            type: 'stdout',
+            data: data.toString()
+          }
+        }
+
+        cb(null, json_data)
       }))
       .on('data', function (event) {
         debug('pull event: ' + inspect(event));