diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f5af959..e85cbda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "barky",
-  "version": "1.1.13",
+  "version": "1.1.14",
   "description": "A simple cloud services watchdog with digest notification support & no external dependencies",
   "homepage": "https://github.com/Rohland/barky#readme",
   "main": "dist/cli.js",
diff --git a/src/evaluators/web.spec.ts b/src/evaluators/web.spec.ts
index 9470ae5..62f782a 100644
--- a/src/evaluators/web.spec.ts
+++ b/src/evaluators/web.spec.ts
@@ -46,6 +46,22 @@ describe("web evaluator", () => {
                         expect(result).toEqual(expected);
                     });
                 });
+                describe("when data is an object", () => {
+                    it("should serialise to json then inspect", async () => {
+                        // arrange
+                        const web = { data: { test: 123 } } as AxiosResponse;
+
+                        // act
+                        const result = isFailureWebResult(
+                            web,
+                            {
+                                text: "123"
+                            });
+
+                        // assert
+                        expect(result).toEqual(false);
+                    });
+                });
             });
         });
     });
diff --git a/src/evaluators/web.ts b/src/evaluators/web.ts
index 1079cc2..9f9791b 100644
--- a/src/evaluators/web.ts
+++ b/src/evaluators/web.ts
@@ -255,7 +255,10 @@ export function isFailureWebResult(
     webResult: AxiosResponse,
     validator: IWebValidator) {
     if (validator?.text) {
-        if (!webResult.data.toLowerCase().includes(validator.text.toString().toLowerCase())) {
+        const text = typeof(webResult.data) === "object"
+            ? JSON.stringify(webResult.data)
+            : webResult.data;
+        if (!text.toLowerCase().includes(validator.text.toString().toLowerCase())) {
             return true;
         }
     }