diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/terraform-apply.yml b/.gitea/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
index 49819af..7e8ec86 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/terraform-apply.yml
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: terraform
         run: |
           terraform show -json -no-color tfplan > tfplan.json
-          DESTROY_COUNT=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; raw=open("tfplan.json","rb").read().decode("utf-8","ignore"); start=raw.find("{"); end=raw.rfind("}"); data=json.loads(raw[start:end+1]); print(sum(1 for rc in data.get("resource_changes", []) if "delete" in rc.get("change", {}).get("actions", [])))')
+          DESTROY_COUNT=$(python3 -c 'import json; raw=open("tfplan.json","rb").read().decode("utf-8","ignore"); start=raw.find("{"); data=json.JSONDecoder().raw_decode(raw[start:])[0]; print(sum(1 for rc in data.get("resource_changes", []) if "delete" in rc.get("change", {}).get("actions", [])))')
           echo "Planned deletes: $DESTROY_COUNT"
           if [ "$DESTROY_COUNT" -gt 0 ] && [ "${ALLOW_TF_DESTROY}" != "true" ]; then
             echo "Destroy actions detected. Set ALLOW_TF_DESTROY=true to allow."
diff --git a/.gitea/workflows/terraform-plan.yml b/.gitea/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
index b5c8f8f..a213eda 100644
--- a/.gitea/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
+++ b/.gitea/workflows/terraform-plan.yml
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: terraform
         run: |
           terraform show -json -no-color tfplan > tfplan.json
-          DESTROY_COUNT=$(python3 -c 'import json,sys; raw=open("tfplan.json","rb").read().decode("utf-8","ignore"); start=raw.find("{"); end=raw.rfind("}"); data=json.loads(raw[start:end+1]); print(sum(1 for rc in data.get("resource_changes", []) if "delete" in rc.get("change", {}).get("actions", [])))')
+          DESTROY_COUNT=$(python3 -c 'import json; raw=open("tfplan.json","rb").read().decode("utf-8","ignore"); start=raw.find("{"); data=json.JSONDecoder().raw_decode(raw[start:])[0]; print(sum(1 for rc in data.get("resource_changes", []) if "delete" in rc.get("change", {}).get("actions", [])))')
           echo "Planned deletes: $DESTROY_COUNT"
           if [ "$DESTROY_COUNT" -gt 0 ] && [ "${ALLOW_TF_DESTROY}" != "true" ]; then
             echo "Destroy actions detected. Set ALLOW_TF_DESTROY=true to allow."