diff --git a/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py b/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
index 7659a01070..18d9546247 100644
--- a/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
+++ b/dlt/sources/rest_api/config_setup.py
@@ -505,8 +505,7 @@ def response_action_hook(response: Response, *args: Any, **kwargs: Any) -> None:
                 hook(response)
         elif action_type == "ignore":
             logger.info(
-                f"Ignoring response with code {response.status_code} "
-                f"and content '{response.json()}'."
+                f"Ignoring response with code {response.status_code} and content '{response.text}'."
             )
             raise IgnoreResponseException
 
diff --git a/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py b/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
index 8ef4e41255..7f20dc2252 100644
--- a/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
+++ b/tests/sources/rest_api/conftest.py
@@ -141,6 +141,16 @@ def post_detail_404(request, context):
                 context.status_code = 404
                 return {"error": "Post not found"}
 
+        @router.get(r"/posts/\d+/some_details_204")
+        def post_detail_204(request, context):
+            """Return 204  No Content for post with id > 0. Used to test ignoring 204 responses."""
+            post_id = int(request.url.split("/")[-2])
+            if post_id < 1:
+                return {"id": post_id, "body": f"Post body {post_id}"}
+            else:
+                context.status_code = 204
+                return None
+
         @router.get(r"/posts_under_a_different_key$")
         def posts_with_results_key(request, context):
             return paginate_by_page_number(request, generate_posts(), records_key="many-results")
diff --git a/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py b/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
index 7fe77de029..4a917094d1 100644
--- a/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
+++ b/tests/sources/rest_api/integration/test_offline.py
@@ -140,6 +140,46 @@ def test_ignoring_endpoint_returning_404(mock_api_server):
     ]
 
 
+def test_ignoring_endpoint_returning_204(mock_api_server):
+    mock_source = rest_api_source(
+        {
+            "client": {"base_url": "https://api.example.com"},
+            "resources": [
+                "posts",
+                {
+                    "name": "post_details",
+                    "endpoint": {
+                        "path": "posts/{post_id}/some_details_204",
+                        "params": {
+                            "post_id": {
+                                "type": "resolve",
+                                "resource": "posts",
+                                "field": "id",
+                            }
+                        },
+                        "response_actions": [
+                            {
+                                "status_code": 204,
+                                "action": "ignore",
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                },
+            ],
+        }
+    )
+
+    res = list(mock_source.with_resources("posts", "post_details").add_limit(1))
+
+    assert res[:5] == [
+        {"id": 0, "body": "Post body 0"},
+        {"id": 0, "title": "Post 0"},
+        {"id": 1, "title": "Post 1"},
+        {"id": 2, "title": "Post 2"},
+        {"id": 3, "title": "Post 3"},
+    ]
+
+
 def test_source_with_post_request(mock_api_server):
     class JSONBodyPageCursorPaginator(BaseReferencePaginator):
         def update_state(self, response: Response, data: Optional[List[Any]] = None) -> None: