diff --git a/lib/plugins/entities.js b/lib/plugins/entities.js
index 57069cc33..23a5104c0 100644
--- a/lib/plugins/entities.js
+++ b/lib/plugins/entities.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const { Vec3 } = require('vec3')
 const conv = require('../conversions')
+const mojangson = require('mojangson')
 // These values are only accurate for versions 1.14 and above (crouch hitbox changes)
 // Todo: hitbox sizes for sleeping, swimming/crawling, and flying with elytra
 const PLAYER_HEIGHT = 1.8
@@ -943,7 +944,12 @@ function extractSkinInformation (properties) {
     return undefined
   }
 
-  const skinTexture = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(props.textures.value, 'base64').toString('utf8'))
+  let skinTexture
+  try { // Handles mojangson-style player data
+    skinTexture = JSON.parse(Buffer.from(props.textures.value, 'base64'))
+  } catch (e) {
+    skinTexture = mojangson.simplify(mojangson.parse(Buffer.from(props.textures.value, 'base64').toString('utf-8')))
+  }
 
   const skinTextureUrl = skinTexture?.textures?.SKIN?.url ?? undefined
   const skinTextureModel = skinTexture?.textures?.SKIN?.metadata?.model ?? undefined