diff --git a/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts b/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
index 2856056e..f08da9b5 100644
--- a/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
+++ b/src/middleware/node/get-payload.ts
@@ -26,15 +26,7 @@ export function getPayload(request: IncomingMessage): Promise<string> {
     request.on("error", (error: Error) => reject(new AggregateError([error])));
     request.on("data", (chunk: string) => (data += chunk));
     request.on("end", () => {
-      try {
-        // Call JSON.parse() only to check if the payload is valid JSON
-        JSON.parse(data);
-        resolve(data);
-      } catch (error: any) {
-        error.message = "Invalid JSON";
-        error.status = 400;
-        reject(new AggregateError([error]));
-      }
+      resolve(data);
     });
   });
 }
diff --git a/src/verify-and-receive.ts b/src/verify-and-receive.ts
index 2165ab2b..bc14c0a8 100644
--- a/src/verify-and-receive.ts
+++ b/src/verify-and-receive.ts
@@ -4,11 +4,12 @@ import type {
   EmitterWebhookEventWithStringPayloadAndSignature,
   State,
 } from "./types";
+import AggregateError from "aggregate-error";
 
 export async function verifyAndReceive(
   state: State & { secret: string },
   event: EmitterWebhookEventWithStringPayloadAndSignature,
-): Promise<any> {
+): Promise<void> {
   // verify will validate that the secret is not undefined
   const matchesSignature = await verify(
     state.secret,
@@ -26,9 +27,20 @@ export async function verifyAndReceive(
     );
   }
 
-  return state.eventHandler.receive({
-    id: event.id,
-    name: event.name,
-    payload: JSON.parse(event.payload),
-  });
+  try {
+    return state.eventHandler.receive({
+      id: event.id,
+      name: event.name,
+      payload: JSON.parse(event.payload),
+    });
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    error.message = "Invalid JSON";
+    error.status = 400;
+    let tmpStackTraceLimit = Error.stackTraceLimit;
+    Error.stackTraceLimit = 0;
+    const aggregateError = new AggregateError([error]);
+    Error.stackTraceLimit = tmpStackTraceLimit;
+    aggregateError.stack = error.stack;
+    throw aggregateError;
+  }
 }
diff --git a/test/integration/node-middleware.test.ts b/test/integration/node-middleware.test.ts
index 51d7eb13..e2500807 100644
--- a/test/integration/node-middleware.test.ts
+++ b/test/integration/node-middleware.test.ts
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ describe("createNodeMiddleware(webhooks)", () => {
     // @ts-expect-error complains about { port } although it's included in returned AddressInfo interface
     const { port } = server.address();
 
+    const payload = '{"name":"invalid"';
+
     const response = await fetch(
       `http://localhost:${port}/api/github/webhooks`,
       {
@@ -186,9 +188,9 @@ describe("createNodeMiddleware(webhooks)", () => {
           "Content-Type": "application/json",
           "X-GitHub-Delivery": "123e4567-e89b-12d3-a456-426655440000",
           "X-GitHub-Event": "push",
-          "X-Hub-Signature-256": signatureSha256,
+          "X-Hub-Signature-256": await sign("mySecret", payload),
         },
-        body: "invalid",
+        body: payload,
       },
     );