# Json { source =\> "message" } not parsing all of it

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-source-message-not-parsing-all-of-it/297430>\
**Category:** Logstash\
**Created:** [February 17, 2022, 12:49am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-source-message-not-parsing-all-of-it/297430 "2022-02-17T00:49:36Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 17, 2022, 1:46am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/json-source-message-not-parsing-all-of-it/297430/2 "2022-02-17T01:46:45Z")

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You need to remove the prefix from [message]. I would suggest something like [this](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/parse-json-format-logagregator-logs-in-logstash/182952/4), but if you do not care about the prefix it could be something as simple as

```
mutate { gsub => ["message", ".*{", "{"] }
```

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