# "JSON parsing error" when connect to a remote pvserver
**URL:** https://discourse.paraview.org/t/json-parsing-error-when-connect-to-a-remote-pvserver/6504
**Category:** ParaView Support
**Created:** [February 19, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/json-parsing-error-when-connect-to-a-remote-pvserver/6504 "2021-02-19T06:41:00Z")
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### Author:  [@Yang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yang)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 6:41am UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/json-parsing-error-when-connect-to-a-remote-pvserver/6504/1 "2021-02-19T06:41:00Z")
When I try to connect to a `pvserver` on my desktop, the paraview shows the following message:
> ERROR: In C:\glr\builds\paraview\paraview-ci\build\superbuild\paraview\src\VTK\Rendering\RayTracing\vtkOSPRayMaterialLibrary.cxx, line 280
> vtkOSPRayMaterialLibrary (000001E494FFF170): JSON parsing error: \* Line 1, Column 1
> Syntax error: value, object or array expected.
Though it does not affect the functions, it a little annoying.
By the way, I am using the paraview 5.9.0 on windows and try to connect to pvserver on a red-hat linux.
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### Author:  [@cory.quammen](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/cory.quammen)
#### Post date: [February 19, 2021, 5:14pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/json-parsing-error-when-connect-to-a-remote-pvserver/6504/2 "2021-02-19T17:14:52Z")
Thanks for your report, that’s a known issue with a fix under review.
[https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20462](https://gitlab.kitware.com/paraview/paraview/-/issues/20462)
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### Author:  [@Yang](https://discourse.paraview.org/u/Yang)
#### Post date: [February 28, 2021, 12:25pm UTC](https://discourse.paraview.org/t/json-parsing-error-when-connect-to-a-remote-pvserver/6504/3 "2021-02-28T12:25:11Z")
Thanks for your quick reply.