diff --git a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
index e9704e35f16..bec41ef8e63 100644
--- a/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
+++ b/tools/test-proxy/Azure.Sdk.Tools.TestProxy/Common/RecordMatcher.cs
@@ -157,46 +157,50 @@ public virtual int CompareBodies(byte[] requestBody, byte[] recordBody, string c
                 return 1;
             }
 
-            if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(contentType) && contentType.Contains("json"))
-            {
-                var jsonDifferences = JsonComparer.CompareJson(requestBody, recordBody);
 
-                if (jsonDifferences.Count > 0)
+            if (!requestBody.SequenceEqual(recordBody))
+            {
+                // we just failed sequence equality, before erroring, lets check if we're a json body and check for property equality
+                if (!string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(contentType) && contentType.Contains("json"))
                 {
+                    var jsonDifferences = JsonComparer.CompareJson(requestBody, recordBody);
 
-                    if (descriptionBuilder != null)
+                    if (jsonDifferences.Count > 0)
                     {
-                        descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"There are differences between request and recordentry bodies:");
-                        foreach (var jsonDifference in jsonDifferences)
+
+                        if (descriptionBuilder != null)
                         {
-                            descriptionBuilder.AppendLine(jsonDifference);
+                            descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"There are differences between request and recordentry bodies:");
+                            foreach (var jsonDifference in jsonDifferences)
+                            {
+                                descriptionBuilder.AppendLine(jsonDifference);
+                            }
                         }
-                    }
 
-                    return 1;
-                }
-            }
-            else if (!requestBody.SequenceEqual(recordBody))
-            {
-                if (descriptionBuilder != null)
-                {
-                    var minLength = Math.Min(requestBody.Length, recordBody.Length);
-                    int i;
-                    for (i = 0; i < minLength - 1; i++)
+                        return 1;
+                    }
+                } 
+                else {
+                    if (descriptionBuilder != null)
                     {
-                        if (requestBody[i] != recordBody[i])
+                        var minLength = Math.Min(requestBody.Length, recordBody.Length);
+                        int i;
+                        for (i = 0; i < minLength - 1; i++)
                         {
-                            break;
+                            if (requestBody[i] != recordBody[i])
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
                         }
+                        descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"Request and record bodies do not match at index {i}:");
+                        var before = Math.Max(0, i - 10);
+                        var afterRequest = Math.Min(i + 20, requestBody.Length);
+                        var afterResponse = Math.Min(i + 20, recordBody.Length);
+                        descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"     request: \"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(requestBody, before, afterRequest - before)}\"");
+                        descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"     record:  \"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(recordBody, before, afterResponse - before)}\"");
                     }
-                    descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"Request and record bodies do not match at index {i}:");
-                    var before = Math.Max(0, i - 10);
-                    var afterRequest = Math.Min(i + 20, requestBody.Length);
-                    var afterResponse = Math.Min(i + 20, recordBody.Length);
-                    descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"     request: \"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(requestBody, before, afterRequest - before)}\"");
-                    descriptionBuilder.AppendLine($"     record:  \"{Encoding.UTF8.GetString(recordBody, before, afterResponse - before)}\"");
+                    return 1;
                 }
-                return 1;
             }
 
             return 0;