diff --git a/scrapling/parser.py b/scrapling/parser.py
index cac7fef..a9945d0 100644
--- a/scrapling/parser.py
+++ b/scrapling/parser.py
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from scrapling.core.storage_adaptors import SQLiteStorageSystem, StorageSystemMi
 from scrapling.core.utils import setup_basic_logging, logging, clean_spaces, flatten, html_forbidden
 from scrapling.core._types import Any, Dict, List, Tuple, Optional, Pattern, Union, Callable, Generator, SupportsIndex, Iterable
 from lxml import etree, html
+from lxml.etree import XMLSyntaxError
 from cssselect import SelectorError, SelectorSyntaxError, parse as split_selectors
 
 
@@ -60,6 +61,7 @@ class Adaptor(SelectorsGeneration):
         if root is None and not body and text is None:
             raise ValueError("Adaptor class needs text, body, or root arguments to work")
 
+        self.__text = None
         if root is None:
             if text is None:
                 if not body or not isinstance(body, bytes):
@@ -72,12 +74,21 @@ class Adaptor(SelectorsGeneration):
 
                 body = text.strip().replace("\x00", "").encode(encoding) or b"<html/>"
 
-            parser = html.HTMLParser(
-                # https://lxml.de/api/lxml.etree.HTMLParser-class.html
-                recover=True, remove_blank_text=True, remove_comments=(keep_comments is False), encoding=encoding,
-                compact=True, huge_tree=huge_tree, default_doctype=True
-            )
-            self._root = etree.fromstring(body, parser=parser, base_url=url)
+            # https://lxml.de/api/lxml.etree.HTMLParser-class.html
+            try:
+                # Test with recover set to False first so if this is a text body like a json response, we get error
+                parser = html.HTMLParser(
+                    recover=False, remove_blank_text=True, remove_comments=(keep_comments is False), encoding=encoding,
+                    compact=True, huge_tree=huge_tree, default_doctype=True
+                )
+                self._root = etree.fromstring(body, parser=parser, base_url=url)
+            except XMLSyntaxError:
+                parser = html.HTMLParser(
+                    recover=True, remove_blank_text=True, remove_comments=(keep_comments is False), encoding=encoding,
+                    compact=True, huge_tree=huge_tree, default_doctype=True
+                )
+                self._root = etree.fromstring(body, parser=parser, base_url=url)
+                self.__text = TextHandler(text or body.decode())
 
         else:
             # All html types inherits from HtmlMixin so this to check for all at once
@@ -112,7 +123,6 @@ class Adaptor(SelectorsGeneration):
         self.url = url
         # For selector stuff
         self.__attributes = None
-        self.__text = None
         self.__tag = None
         self.__debug = debug