diff --git a/components/lenses/renderers/mixins/TextContentRendererMixin.js b/components/lenses/renderers/mixins/TextContentRendererMixin.js
index 30f31f517..805276498 100644
--- a/components/lenses/renderers/mixins/TextContentRendererMixin.js
+++ b/components/lenses/renderers/mixins/TextContentRendererMixin.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ export default {
   },
   computed: {
     responseBodyText() {
+      if (typeof this.response.body === "string") return this.response.body
       return new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(this.response.body)
     },
   },
diff --git a/helpers/strategies/AxiosStrategy.js b/helpers/strategies/AxiosStrategy.js
index 583cdcd19..76180b72b 100644
--- a/helpers/strategies/AxiosStrategy.js
+++ b/helpers/strategies/AxiosStrategy.js
@@ -23,6 +23,10 @@ const axiosWithProxy = async (req, { state }) => {
       }
     )
 
+    if (!data.data.success) {
+      throw new Error(data.data.message || "Proxy Error")
+    }
+
     if (data.isBinary) {
       data.data = decodeB64StringToArrayBuffer(data.data)
     }
diff --git a/helpers/strategies/ExtensionStrategy.js b/helpers/strategies/ExtensionStrategy.js
index c98204c35..b96737e28 100644
--- a/helpers/strategies/ExtensionStrategy.js
+++ b/helpers/strategies/ExtensionStrategy.js
@@ -25,11 +25,17 @@ const extensionWithProxy = async (req, { state }) => {
     },
   })
 
-  if (data.isBinary) {
-    data.data = decodeB64StringToArrayBuffer(data.data)
+  const parsedData = JSON.parse(data)
+
+  if (!parsedData.data.success) {
+    throw new Error(parsedData.data.message || "Proxy Error")
   }
 
-  return data
+  if (parsedData.isBinary) {
+    parsedData.data = decodeB64StringToArrayBuffer(data.data)
+  }
+
+  return parsedData
 }
 
 const extensionWithoutProxy = async (req, _store) => {
diff --git a/pages/graphql.vue b/pages/graphql.vue
index 33b9f8511..b7d6d8711 100644
--- a/pages/graphql.vue
+++ b/pages/graphql.vue
@@ -528,7 +528,7 @@ export default {
 
         const res = await sendNetworkRequest(reqOptions, this.$store)
 
-        const responseText = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(new Uint8Array(res.data))
+        const responseText = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(res.data)
 
         this.response = JSON.stringify(JSON.parse(responseText), null, 2)
 
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ export default {
 
         const data = await sendNetworkRequest(reqOptions, this.$store)
 
-        const response = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(new Uint8Array(data.data))
+        const response = new TextDecoder("utf-8").decode(data.data)
         const introspectResponse = JSON.parse(response)
 
         const schema = gql.buildClientSchema(introspectResponse.data)