diff --git a/internal_packages/keybase/lib/keybase-search.cjsx b/internal_packages/keybase/lib/keybase-search.cjsx
index c4dba6006..10ed4274e 100755
--- a/internal_packages/keybase/lib/keybase-search.cjsx
+++ b/internal_packages/keybase/lib/keybase-search.cjsx
@@ -41,12 +41,11 @@ class KeybaseInviteButton extends React.Component
       success: (body, response) =>
         @setState({loading: false})
         try
-          {invite_url} = JSON.parse(body)
-          if not invite_url
+          if not (body instanceof Object) or not body.invite_url
             throw new Error("We were unable to retrieve an invitation.")
         catch err
           errorHandler(err)
-        require('electron').shell.openExternal(invite_url)
+        require('electron').shell.openExternal(body.invite_url)
 
   render: =>
     if @state.loading