diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/package.json b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/package.json
index 5ad34c4c9..4f8952035 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/package.json
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@gnu-taler/taler-wallet-cli",
-  "version": "0.9.0-dev.1",
+  "version": "0.9.0-dev.2",
   "description": "",
   "engines": {
     "node": ">=0.12.0"
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/harness/harness.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/harness/harness.ts
index 07e298520..040bd5a6f 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/harness/harness.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-cli/src/harness/harness.ts
@@ -2035,13 +2035,19 @@ export class WalletCli {
             JSON.stringify(payload),
           )}`,
         );
+        console.log("--- wallet core response ---");
         console.log(resp);
-        const ar = JSON.parse(resp) as CoreApiResponse;
+        console.log("--- end of response ---");
+        let ar: any;
+        try {
+          ar = JSON.parse(resp) as CoreApiResponse;
+        } catch (e) {
+          throw new Error("wallet CLI did not return a proper JSON response");
+        }
         if (ar.type === "error") {
           throw new OperationFailedError(ar.error);
-        } else {
-          return ar.result;
         }
+        return ar.result;
       },
     };
   }
diff --git a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
index 8a492bd6e..8b72c40e8 100644
--- a/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
+++ b/packages/taler-wallet-core/src/operations/withdraw.ts
@@ -998,10 +998,8 @@ export async function getExchangeWithdrawalInfo(
   baseUrl: string,
   amount: AmountJson,
 ): Promise<ExchangeWithdrawDetails> {
-  const {
-    exchange,
-    exchangeDetails,
-  } = await ws.exchangeOps.updateExchangeFromUrl(ws, baseUrl);
+  const { exchange, exchangeDetails } =
+    await ws.exchangeOps.updateExchangeFromUrl(ws, baseUrl);
   await updateWithdrawalDenoms(ws, baseUrl);
   const denoms = await getCandidateWithdrawalDenoms(ws, baseUrl);
   const selectedDenoms = selectWithdrawalDenominations(amount, denoms);