diff --git a/src/main/java/com/olympus/hermione/stepSolvers/OlympusAgentSolver.java b/src/main/java/com/olympus/hermione/stepSolvers/OlympusAgentSolver.java
index bf17cdb..6823eae 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/olympus/hermione/stepSolvers/OlympusAgentSolver.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/olympus/hermione/stepSolvers/OlympusAgentSolver.java
@@ -135,19 +135,56 @@ public class OlympusAgentSolver extends StepSolver {
                 String.class
             );
 
-            JSONObject jsonResponse = new JSONObject(response.getBody());
-            
+            JSONObject outer = new JSONObject(response.getBody());
+
+            // Try to extract the inner `response` field (ChatResponse.response)
+            JSONObject jsonResponse = null;
+            Object respObj = outer.opt("response");
+            String finalOutput = "";
+
+            if (respObj instanceof JSONObject) {
+                jsonResponse = (JSONObject) respObj;
+            } else if (respObj instanceof String) {
+                String respStr = (String) respObj;
+                // If the inner response is a JSON string, parse it
+                try {
+                    jsonResponse = new JSONObject(respStr);
+                } catch (Exception ex) {
+                    // Not a JSON string: use the raw string as final output
+                    finalOutput = respStr;
+                }
+            }
+
+            // If we didn't find an inner json, fallback to outer as response container
+            if (jsonResponse == null) {
+                jsonResponse = outer;
+            }
+
+            // Prefer explicit final_output field, otherwise attempt to derive it
+            finalOutput = jsonResponse.optString("final_output", finalOutput);
+            if (finalOutput == null || finalOutput.isEmpty()) {
+                // If final_output is missing, try common alternatives
+                if (jsonResponse.has("content")) {
+                    finalOutput = jsonResponse.optString("content", "");
+                } else if (jsonResponse.has("result")) {
+                    finalOutput = jsonResponse.optString("result", "");
+                } else {
+                    // As last resort, use the jsonResponse stringified
+                    finalOutput = jsonResponse.toString();
+                }
+            }
+
             logger.info("Hermione execution completed");
             logger.info("Execution ID: " + jsonResponse.optString("execution_id"));
-            logger.info("Final output: " + jsonResponse.optString("final_output"));
-                
-            // Store the complete response
-            this.scenarioExecution.getExecSharedMap().put(this.agent_output_variable, jsonResponse.toString());
-                
-            // Also store final output separately for easy access
+            logger.info("Final output: " + finalOutput);
+
+            // Store only the final output (content) in the execSharedMap to avoid saving the full wrapper
+            this.scenarioExecution.getExecSharedMap().put(this.agent_output_variable, finalOutput);
+
+            // Also store final output separately for easy access (keeps previous behavior)
             this.scenarioExecution.getExecSharedMap().put(
-                this.agent_output_variable + "_final_output", 
-                jsonResponse.optString("final_output", "")
+                this.agent_output_variable + "_final_output",
+                finalOutput
             );