diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 69cc4315..0787c186 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@ bin
 *.sql
 *.log
 *.yaml
+scratch_pad.py
 examples/local/*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/flo_ai/state/flo_json_output_collector.py b/flo_ai/state/flo_json_output_collector.py
index 6eaccb62..71eeaf18 100644
--- a/flo_ai/state/flo_json_output_collector.py
+++ b/flo_ai/state/flo_json_output_collector.py
@@ -1,24 +1,36 @@
 import json
+import regex
+from flo_ai.error.flo_exception import FloException
 from typing import Dict, List, Any
+from flo_ai.common.flo_logger import get_logger
 from flo_ai.state.flo_output_collector import FloOutputCollector
 
 
 class FloJsonOutputCollector(FloOutputCollector):
-    def __init__(self):
+    def __init__(self, strict: bool = False):
         super().__init__()
+        self.strict = strict
         self.data: List[Dict[str, Any]] = []
 
     def append(self, agent_output):
-        output_dict = json.loads(self.__remove_after_braces(agent_output))
-        self.data.append(output_dict)
-
-    def __remove_after_braces(self, s: str) -> str:
-        first_brace = s.find('{')
-        last_brace = s.rfind('}')
-
-        if first_brace != -1 and last_brace != -1 and first_brace < last_brace:
-            return s[first_brace : last_brace + 1]
-        return s
+        self.data.append(self.__extract_jsons(agent_output))
+
+    def __extract_jsons(self, llm_response):
+        json_pattern = r'\{(?:[^{}]|(?R))*\}'
+        json_matches = regex.findall(json_pattern, llm_response)
+        json_object = {}
+        for json_str in json_matches:
+            try:
+                json_obj = json.loads(json_str)
+                json_object.update(json_obj)
+            except json.JSONDecodeError as e:
+                get_logger().error(f'Invalid JSON in response: {json_str}')
+                raise e
+        if self.strict and len(json_matches) == 0:
+            raise FloException(
+                'JSON response expected in collector model: strict', error_code=1099
+            )
+        return json_object
 
     def pop(self):
         return self.data.pop()