diff --git a/blockagi/chains/evaluate.py b/blockagi/chains/evaluate.py
index de6bbe7..1358573 100644
--- a/blockagi/chains/evaluate.py
+++ b/blockagi/chains/evaluate.py
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
         response = self.retry_llm(messages)
 
-        result = json.loads(response.content)
+        result = json.loads(response.content.strip("```json"))
 
         updated_findings = Findings(
             generated_objectives=[
diff --git a/blockagi/chains/narrate.py b/blockagi/chains/narrate.py
index c9333e3..7d05aa3 100644
--- a/blockagi/chains/narrate.py
+++ b/blockagi/chains/narrate.py
@@ -148,4 +148,4 @@ def _call_chunk(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
 
         response = self.retry_llm(messages)
 
-        return response.content
+        return response.content.strip("```json")
diff --git a/blockagi/chains/plan.py b/blockagi/chains/plan.py
index 3ee74b7..c6ba48c 100644
--- a/blockagi/chains/plan.py
+++ b/blockagi/chains/plan.py
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ def _call(self, inputs: Dict[str, Any]) -> Dict[str, Any]:
                 args=task["args"],
                 reasoning=task["reasoning"],
             )
-            for task in json.loads(response.content)
+            for task in json.loads(response.content.strip("```json"))
         ]
 
         return {"research_tasks": research_tasks}