--- Revision None
+++ Revision 303036653730
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+diff --git a/src/couchdb/couch_external_server.erl b/src/couchdb/couch_external_server.erl
+index 045fcee..e1db2b2 100644
+--- a/src/couchdb/couch_external_server.erl
++++ b/src/couchdb/couch_external_server.erl
+@@ -48,7 +48,13 @@ terminate(_Reason, {_Name, _Command, Pid}) ->
+     ok.
+ 
+ handle_call({execute, JsonReq}, _From, {Name, Command, Pid}) ->
+-    {reply, couch_os_process:prompt(Pid, JsonReq), {Name, Command, Pid}}.
++    Reply = case couch_os_process:prompt(Pid, JsonReq) of
++    {json, Json} ->
++        ?JSON_DECODE(Json);
++    Else ->
++        Else
++    end,
++    {reply, Reply, {Name, Command, Pid}}.
+ 
+ handle_info({'EXIT', _Pid, normal}, State) ->
+     {noreply, State};