diff --git a/include/fc/io/json_relaxed.hpp b/include/fc/io/json_relaxed.hpp
index dd6db73..36f11c8 100644
--- a/include/fc/io/json_relaxed.hpp
+++ b/include/fc/io/json_relaxed.hpp
@@ -104,8 +104,15 @@ namespace fc { namespace json_relaxed
            if( in.peek() == q )
            {
                in.get();
-               if( in.peek() != q )
-                   return fc::string();
+               try
+               {
+                  if( in.peek() != q )
+                     return fc::string();
+               }
+               catch( const fc::eof_exception& e )
+               {
+                  return fc::string();
+               }
 
                // triple quote processing
                if( strict )