diff --git a/api/core/chain/llm_router_chain.py b/api/core/chain/llm_router_chain.py
index 432cb4b306..3108561e6b 100644
--- a/api/core/chain/llm_router_chain.py
+++ b/api/core/chain/llm_router_chain.py
@@ -84,13 +84,16 @@ class RouterOutputParser(BaseOutputParser[Dict[str, str]]):
 
     def parse_json_markdown(self, json_string: str) -> dict:
         # Remove the triple backticks if present
-        json_string = json_string.replace("```json", "").replace("```", "")
+        start_index = json_string.find("```json")
+        end_index = json_string.find("```", start_index + len("```json"))
 
-        # Strip whitespace and newlines from the start and end
-        json_string = json_string.strip()
+        if start_index != -1 and end_index != -1:
+            extracted_content = json_string[start_index + len("```json"):end_index].strip()
 
-        # Parse the JSON string into a Python dictionary
-        parsed = json.loads(json_string)
+            # Parse the JSON string into a Python dictionary
+            parsed = json.loads(extracted_content)
+        else:
+            raise Exception("Could not find JSON block in the output.")
 
         return parsed
 
diff --git a/api/core/chain/multi_dataset_router_chain.py b/api/core/chain/multi_dataset_router_chain.py
index 736bfaa1aa..365f68eaf6 100644
--- a/api/core/chain/multi_dataset_router_chain.py
+++ b/api/core/chain/multi_dataset_router_chain.py
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ class MultiDatasetRouterChain(Chain):
             callback_manager=llm_callback_manager
         )
 
-        destinations = [f"{d.id}: {d.description}" for d in datasets]
+        destinations = ["{}: {}".format(d.id, d.description.replace('\n', ' ')) for d in datasets]
         destinations_str = "\n".join(destinations)
         router_template = MULTI_PROMPT_ROUTER_TEMPLATE.format(
             destinations=destinations_str