diff --git a/src/services/SyncService.js b/src/services/SyncService.js
index aa937dc9ea7..fdec914a191 100644
--- a/src/services/SyncService.js
+++ b/src/services/SyncService.js
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ class SyncService {
 	_fetchDocument() {
 		return axios.get(
 			endpointUrl('session/fetch', !!this.options.shareToken), {
+				transformResponse: [(data) => data],
 				params: {
 					documentId: this.document.id,
 					sessionId: this.session.id,