diff --git a/src/util.js b/src/util.js
index c0c6a6d2e..eeadf01aa 100644
--- a/src/util.js
+++ b/src/util.js
@@ -444,6 +444,7 @@ async function evaluateJsonQuery(data, jsonPath, jsonPathOperator, expectedValue
         };
     }
     catch (err) {
+        response = (response.toString().length > 50) ? `${response.substring(0, 50)}… (truncated)` : response.toString();
         throw new Error(`Error evaluating JSON query: ${err.message}. Response from server was: ${response}`);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/util.ts b/src/util.ts
index 24a03f582..37b080bb1 100644
--- a/src/util.ts
+++ b/src/util.ts
@@ -709,6 +709,7 @@ export async function evaluateJsonQuery(data: any, jsonPath: string, jsonPathOpe
             response // The response from the server or result from initial json-query evaluation
         };
     } catch (err: any) {
+        response = (response.toString().length > 50) ? `${response.substring(0, 50)}… (truncated)` : response.toString();// Truncate long responses to the console
         throw new Error(`Error evaluating JSON query: ${err.message}. Response from server was: ${response}`);
     }
 }