diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
index 3eb9d0516..d3016e5c6 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/core/network/10-mqtt.js
@@ -235,8 +235,7 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
             if (v5isUtf8 || isUtf8(payload)) {
                 try {
                     payload = JSON.parse(payload.toString()); 
-                }
-                catch(e) { 
+                } catch(e) { 
                     node.error(RED._("mqtt.errors.invalid-json-parse"),{payload:payload, topic:topic, qos:packet.qos, retain:packet.retain}); return; 
                 }
             }
@@ -255,19 +254,23 @@ module.exports = function(RED) {
                     case "object":
                         try {
                             payload = JSON.parse(payload.toString()); 
-                        }
-                        catch(e) { 
+                        } catch(e) { 
                             node.error(RED._("mqtt.errors.invalid-json-parse"),{payload:payload, topic:topic, qos:packet.qos, retain:packet.retain}); return; 
                         }
                         break;
                     default:
-                        if (v5isUtf8 || isUtf8(payload)) { 
+                        if (v5isUtf8 || isUtf8(payload)) {
                             payload = payload.toString(); //auto String
                         }
                         break;
                 }
             } else if (isUtf8(payload)) { 
                 payload = payload.toString(); //auto String
+                try {
+                    payload = JSON.parse(payload); 
+                } catch(e) {
+                    /* mute error - it simply isnt JSON, just leave payload as a string */ 
+                }
             } //else { 
                 //leave as buffer
             //}
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
index aa3f1fa49..35ce50f4d 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/de/messages.json
@@ -422,7 +422,7 @@
             "buffer": "Einen binären Buffer",
             "string": "Ein String",
             "base64": "Ein Base64-kodierter String",
-            "auto": "Auto-Erkennung (string oder buffer)",
+            "auto": "Auto-Erkennung (parsed JSON-Objekt, string oder buffer)",
             "json": "Ein analysiertes (parsed) JSON-Objekt"
         },
         "true": "wahr",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
index ec09e01b1..486764d18 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/en-US/messages.json
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
             "buffer": "a Buffer",
             "string": "a String",
             "base64": "a Base64 encoded string",
-            "auto": "auto-detect (string or buffer)",
+            "auto": "auto-detect (parsed JSON object, string or buffer)",
             "json": "a parsed JSON object"
         },
         "true": "true",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ja/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ja/messages.json
index 2fdf78f8f..613871771 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ja/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ja/messages.json
@@ -454,7 +454,7 @@
             "buffer": "バイナリバッファ",
             "string": "文字列",
             "base64": "Base64文字列",
-            "auto": "自動判定(文字列もしくはバイナリバッファ)",
+            "auto": "自動判定(JSONオブジェクト、文字列もしくはバイナリバッファ)",
             "json": "JSONオブジェクト"
         },
         "true": "する",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ko/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ko/messages.json
index 0566f64ec..b543bba80 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ko/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ko/messages.json
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@
             "buffer": "바이너리 버퍼",
             "string": "문자열",
             "base64": "Base64문자열",
-            "auto": "자동판정(문자열혹은 바이너리버퍼)",
+            "auto": "자동판정(JSON오브젝트, 문자열혹은 바이너리버퍼)",
             "json": "JSON오브젝트"
         },
         "true": "한다",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ru/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ru/messages.json
index 72bda67c7..33d750950 100755
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ru/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/ru/messages.json
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@
             "buffer": "буфер",
             "string": "строка",
             "base64": "строка в кодировке Base64",
-            "auto": "автоопределение (строка или буфер)",
+            "auto": "автоопределение (разобрать объект JSON, строка или буфер)",
             "json": "объект JSON"
         },
         "true": "да",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-CN/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-CN/messages.json
index ca4de2963..9b972a3bb 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-CN/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-CN/messages.json
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@
             "buffer": "Buffer",
             "string": "字符串",
             "base64": "Base64编码字符串",
-            "auto": "自动检测 (字符串或buffer)",
+            "auto": "自动检测 (已解析的JSON对象、字符串或buffer)",
             "json": "解析的JSON对象"
         },
         "true": "是",
diff --git a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-TW/messages.json b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-TW/messages.json
index eef6322a3..03db9d0c4 100644
--- a/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-TW/messages.json
+++ b/packages/node_modules/@node-red/nodes/locales/zh-TW/messages.json
@@ -385,7 +385,7 @@
             "buffer": "Buffer",
             "string": "字串",
             "base64": "Base64編碼字串",
-            "auto": "自動檢測 (字符串或buffer)",
+            "auto": "自动检测 (已解析的JSON对象、字符串或buffer)",
             "json": "解析的JSON對象"
         },
         "true": "是",