diff --git a/include/hyperliquid/config/Config.h b/include/hyperliquid/config/Config.h
index c384ee9..34af637 100644
--- a/include/hyperliquid/config/Config.h
+++ b/include/hyperliquid/config/Config.h
@@ -36,5 +36,7 @@ namespace hyperliquid
         // Default vault/subaccount address used when a per-call vaultAddress isn't given - see
         // Signing::prepareBodyForType for which action types this fallback does and doesn't apply to.
         std::optional<std::string> vaultAddress;
+        // Set false to skip WebsocketMessageParser's extra DOM validation pass (see crack()).
+        bool validateJson = true;
     };
 }
diff --git a/include/hyperliquid/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.h b/include/hyperliquid/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.h
index f872771..1d4fd57 100644
--- a/include/hyperliquid/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.h
+++ b/include/hyperliquid/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.h
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 #include <string>
 #include <string_view>
 #include "WebsocketMessageHandler.h"
+#include "../config/Config.h"
 
 namespace hyperliquid
 {
@@ -14,7 +15,8 @@ namespace hyperliquid
     class WebsocketMessageParser
     {
     public:
-        WebsocketMessageParser();
+        // See ApiConfig::validateJson.
+        explicit WebsocketMessageParser(const ApiConfig& config = ApiConfig{});
         ~WebsocketMessageParser();
 
         WebsocketMessageParser(WebsocketMessageParser&&) noexcept;
diff --git a/src/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.cpp b/src/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.cpp
index 903812c..f23cb0b 100644
--- a/src/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.cpp
+++ b/src/websocket/WebsocketMessageParser.cpp
@@ -103,6 +103,9 @@ namespace hyperliquid
         simdjson::ondemand::parser parser;
         simdjson::padded_string padded;
         simdjson::dom::parser domParser;
+        bool validateJson_;
+
+        explicit Impl(bool validateJson) : validateJson_(validateJson) {}
 
         // simdjson's ondemand API can hit an internal assertion (abort) rather than a catchable
         // simdjson_error when a value is looked up by name more than once on the same malformed
@@ -111,6 +114,7 @@ namespace hyperliquid
         // a structurally invalid document.
         void validateStructure(std::string_view message)
         {
+            if (!validateJson_) return;
             domParser.parse(message.data(), message.size()).value();
         }
 
@@ -1493,7 +1497,7 @@ namespace hyperliquid
         }
     };
 
-    WebsocketMessageParser::WebsocketMessageParser() : impl_(std::make_unique<Impl>()) {}
+    WebsocketMessageParser::WebsocketMessageParser(const ApiConfig& config) : impl_(std::make_unique<Impl>(config.validateJson)) {}
 
     WebsocketMessageParser::~WebsocketMessageParser() = default;
     WebsocketMessageParser::WebsocketMessageParser(WebsocketMessageParser&&) noexcept = default;