diff --git a/lib/lib/context.js b/lib/lib/context.js
index 07ecba58..7276f6eb 100644
--- a/lib/lib/context.js
+++ b/lib/lib/context.js
@@ -108,6 +108,11 @@ async function contextMiddleware (context) {
       const response = await app.$typo3.api.getPage(path)
       const { data } = response
 
+      const contentType = response.headers['content-type']
+      if (contentType && !contentType.includes('application/json')) {
+        return setErrorContext(context, { response: { status: 415, message: 'Unsupported content-type: \'application/json\' expected.' } })
+      }
+
       if (context.res) {
         setResponseHeaders(context, response.headers)
       }