diff --git a/lib/coconut/api.rb b/lib/coconut/api.rb
index 008d57c..1b16af3 100644
--- a/lib/coconut/api.rb
+++ b/lib/coconut/api.rb
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def self.request(verb, path, options={})
         end
       end
 
-      return resp.parse
+      return resp.parse(:json)
     end
   end
-end
\ No newline at end of file
+end