diff --git a/backend/app/services/ai_analysis.py b/backend/app/services/ai_analysis.py
index 7f3fc9f..00f0210 100644
--- a/backend/app/services/ai_analysis.py
+++ b/backend/app/services/ai_analysis.py
@@ -259,6 +259,9 @@ async def _call_openai(system: str, user_prompt: str) -> str:
 
 def _parse_clips(content: str, video_duration: float) -> list[dict]:
     """Parse LLM response into clip list, handling imperfect JSON."""
+    # Strip markdown code fences (e.g. ```json ... ```)
+    content = re.sub(r"```(?:json)?\s*", "", content).strip()
+
     # Try to extract JSON from response
     json_match = re.search(r"\{[\s\S]*\}", content)
     if not json_match: