diff --git a/mirai-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/network/ContactListCache.kt b/mirai-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/network/ContactListCache.kt
index a3a897f60..935c27e69 100644
--- a/mirai-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/network/ContactListCache.kt
+++ b/mirai-core/src/commonMain/kotlin/network/ContactListCache.kt
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentLinkedQueue
 internal val JsonForCache = Json {
     encodeDefaults = true
     ignoreUnknownKeys = true
-    isLenient = true
+//    isLenient = true // "null" will become null and cause errors
     prettyPrint = true
 }