diff --git a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/rag_document_checker.py b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/rag_document_checker.py
index cd88843..76ae521 100644
--- a/backend-compliance/compliance/services/rag_document_checker.py
+++ b/backend-compliance/compliance/services/rag_document_checker.py
@@ -213,14 +213,43 @@ async def _verify_control_with_llm(
         # Strip think tags if present
         raw = re.sub(r"<think>.*?</think>", "", raw, flags=re.DOTALL).strip()
 
-        # Parse JSON response
+        # Parse JSON response — handle LLM quirks
         import json
         # Find JSON in response
         json_match = re.search(r"\{[^{}]+\}", raw)
         if not json_match:
-            return None
+            # Fallback: try to extract fulfilled/evidence from raw text
+            fulfilled = "true" in raw.lower()[:100] or "yes" in raw.lower()[:100] or "erfüllt" in raw.lower()[:100]
+            return {
+                "id": f"rag-{hash(control_text) % 10000}",
+                "label": f"{regulation}: {control_text[:80]}...",
+                "passed": fulfilled,
+                "severity": "LOW" if fulfilled else "MEDIUM",
+                "matched_text": raw[:100] if fulfilled else "",
+                "issue": "" if fulfilled else raw[:100],
+                "control_text": control_text[:200],
+                "regulation": regulation,
+            }
 
-        result = json.loads(json_match.group())
+        json_str = json_match.group()
+        # Fix common LLM JSON issues
+        json_str = re.sub(r'(?<=[{,])\s*(\w+)\s*:', r' "\1":', json_str)  # Unquoted keys
+        json_str = json_str.replace("True", "true").replace("False", "false")
+        try:
+            result = json.loads(json_str)
+        except json.JSONDecodeError:
+            # Last resort: extract boolean from raw text
+            fulfilled = "true" in json_str.lower() or "fulfilled" in raw.lower()[:200]
+            return {
+                "id": f"rag-{hash(control_text) % 10000}",
+                "label": f"{regulation}: {control_text[:80]}...",
+                "passed": fulfilled,
+                "severity": "LOW" if fulfilled else "MEDIUM",
+                "matched_text": "",
+                "issue": "",
+                "control_text": control_text[:200],
+                "regulation": regulation,
+            }
 
         return {
             "id": f"rag-{hash(control_text) % 10000}",