json-ot triggering PARANOIA errors in ChainPad

www/common/json-ot.js

@@ -5,19 +5,23 @@ define([
     var JsonOT = {};
 
     var validate = JsonOT.validate = function (text, toTransform, transformBy) {
-        var resultOp = ChainPad.Operation.transform0(text, toTransform, transformBy);
-        var text2 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(transformBy, text);
-        var text3 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(resultOp, text2);
         try {
-            JSON.parse(text3);
+            var resultOp = ChainPad.Operation.transform0(text, toTransform, transformBy);
-            return resultOp;
+            var text2 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(transformBy, text);
-        } catch (e) {
+            var text3 = ChainPad.Operation.apply(resultOp, text2);
-            console.error(e);
+            try {
-            console.log({
+                JSON.parse(text3);
-                resultOp: resultOp,
+                return resultOp;
-                text2: text2,
+            } catch (e) {
-                text3: text3
+                console.error(e);
-            });
+                console.log({
+                    resultOp: resultOp,
+                    text2: text2,
+                    text3: text3
+                });
+            }
+        } catch (x) {
+            console.error(x);
         }
 
         // returning **null** breaks out of the loop