diff --git a/src/folio_migration_tools/migration_tasks/batch_poster.py b/src/folio_migration_tools/migration_tasks/batch_poster.py
index 13ead649..4f55ab66 100644
--- a/src/folio_migration_tools/migration_tasks/batch_poster.py
+++ b/src/folio_migration_tools/migration_tasks/batch_poster.py
@@ -278,6 +278,8 @@ def post_batch(self, batch, failed_recs_file, num_records, recursion_depth=0):
             try:
                 logging.info(response.text)
                 resp = json.dumps(response, indent=4)
+            except TypeError:
+                resp = response
             except Exception:
                 logging.exception("something unexpected happened")
                 resp = response