diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/json_utils/utilities.py b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/json_utils/utilities.py
index ff98a0bf5c..028eb67cc4 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/json_utils/utilities.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/autogpt/json_utils/utilities.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 """Utilities for the json_fixes package."""
+import re
 import ast
 import logging
 from typing import Any
@@ -8,12 +9,20 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 def extract_dict_from_response(response_content: str) -> dict[str, Any]:
     # Sometimes the response includes the JSON in a code block with ```
-    if response_content.startswith("```") and response_content.endswith("```"):
-        # Discard the first and last ```, then re-join in case the response naturally included ```
-        response_content = "```".join(response_content.split("```")[1:-1]).strip()
+    pattern = r'```([\s\S]*?)```'
+    match = re.search(pattern, response_content)
 
-    if (ob_pos := response_content.index("{")) > 0:
-        response_content = response_content[ob_pos:]
+    if match:
+        response_content = match.group(1).strip()
+        # Remove language names in code blocks
+        response_content = response_content.lstrip("json")
+    else:
+        # The string may contain JSON.
+        json_pattern = r'{.*}'
+        match = re.search(json_pattern, response_content)
+
+        if match:
+            response_content = match.group()
 
     # response content comes from OpenAI as a Python `str(content_dict)`, literal_eval reverses this
     try:
diff --git a/autogpts/autogpt/tests/unit/test_utils.py b/autogpts/autogpt/tests/unit/test_utils.py
index 2cea8dce94..f56e2b9735 100644
--- a/autogpts/autogpt/tests/unit/test_utils.py
+++ b/autogpts/autogpt/tests/unit/test_utils.py
@@ -193,3 +193,15 @@ def test_extract_json_from_response_wrapped_in_code_block(valid_json_response: d
     assert (
         extract_dict_from_response(emulated_response_from_openai) == valid_json_response
     )
+
+def test_extract_json_from_response_wrapped_in_code_block_with_language(valid_json_response: dict):
+    emulated_response_from_openai = "```json" + str(valid_json_response) + "```"
+    assert (
+        extract_dict_from_response(emulated_response_from_openai) == valid_json_response
+    )
+
+def test_extract_json_from_response_json_contained_in_string(valid_json_response: dict):
+    emulated_response_from_openai = "sentence1" + str(valid_json_response) + "sentence2"
+    assert (
+        extract_dict_from_response(emulated_response_from_openai) == valid_json_response
+    )
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