diff --git a/application/core/FHCAPI_Controller.php b/application/core/FHCAPI_Controller.php
index e1323f80d..6697953bc 100644
--- a/application/core/FHCAPI_Controller.php
+++ b/application/core/FHCAPI_Controller.php
@@ -81,8 +81,11 @@ class FHCAPI_Controller extends Auth_Controller
 		
 		// For JSON Requests (as opposed to multipart/form-data) get the $_POST variable from the input stream instead
 		if ($this->input->get_request_header('Content-Type', true) == 'application/json')
-			$_POST = json_decode($this->security->xss_clean($this->input->raw_input_stream), true);
-		elseif (isset($_POST['_jsondata'])) {
+		{
+			$_POST = json_decode($this->input->raw_input_stream, true);
+		}
+		elseif (isset($_POST['_jsondata']))
+		{
 			$_POST = array_merge($_POST, json_decode($_POST['_jsondata'], true));
 			unset($_POST['_jsondata']);
 		}