diff --git a/api/setup/analyzeMenuImages.cfm b/api/setup/analyzeMenuImages.cfm
index 9b056cc..cddac13 100644
--- a/api/setup/analyzeMenuImages.cfm
+++ b/api/setup/analyzeMenuImages.cfm
@@ -199,7 +199,8 @@
                 <cfset objectMapper = createObject("java", "com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper")>
                 <cfset imageResult = objectMapper.readValue(responseText, createObject("java", "java.util.LinkedHashMap").getClass())>
             <cfcatch type="any">
-                <cfthrow message="JSON parse error in image response. First 500 chars: #replace(left(responseText, 500), '##', '####', 'all')#">
+                <cfset errSnippet = len(responseText) GT 24600 ? mid(responseText, 24550, 300) : right(responseText, 300)>
+                <cfthrow message="JSON parse error. Around pos 24600: #replace(errSnippet, '##', '####', 'all')#">
             </cfcatch>
             </cftry>
         </cfcatch>