diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index db6f086..c74ad15 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ You can also install the exporter directly with `go install github.com/rivosinc/
 
 ```bash
 # example installation
-$ go install github.com/rivosinc/prometheus-slurm-exporter@v1.0.1
+$ go install github.com/rivosinc/prometheus-slurm-exporter@v1.1.1
 # or if you like living on the edge
 $ go install github.com/rivosinc/prometheus-slurm-exporter@latest
 # if not already added, ensure
diff --git a/exporter/fixtures/sinfo_dataparser.json b/exporter/fixtures/sinfo_dataparser.json
index fc63caa..02269ad 100644
--- a/exporter/fixtures/sinfo_dataparser.json
+++ b/exporter/fixtures/sinfo_dataparser.json
@@ -21,18 +21,7 @@
         "total": 10,
         "hostnames": [],
         "addresses": [],
-        "nodes": [
-          "cs62",
-          "cs63",
-          "cs64",
-          "cs65",
-          "cs66",
-          "cs68",
-          "cs71",
-          "cs200",
-          "cs201",
-          "cs204"
-        ]
+        "nodes": ["cs62"]
       },
       "cpus": {
         "allocated": 114,
diff --git a/exporter/jobs.go b/exporter/jobs.go
index a2c6b06..c9fe6c3 100644
--- a/exporter/jobs.go
+++ b/exporter/jobs.go
@@ -148,7 +148,9 @@ func parseCliFallback(squeue []byte, errorCounter prometheus.Counter) ([]JobMetr
 		}
 		mem, err := MemToFloat(metric.Mem)
 		if err != nil {
-			return nil, err
+			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("squeue fallback parse error: failed on line %d `%s` with err `%q`", i, line, err))
+			errorCounter.Inc()
+			continue
 		}
 		openapiJobMetric := JobMetric{
 			Account:   metric.Account,
diff --git a/exporter/nodes.go b/exporter/nodes.go
index fe4220c..d7d5fb7 100644
--- a/exporter/nodes.go
+++ b/exporter/nodes.go
@@ -55,9 +55,83 @@ type sinfoDataParserResponse struct {
 			Total     int      `json:"total"`
 			Nodes     []string `json:"nodes"`
 		} `json:"nodes"`
+		Cpus struct {
+			Allocated int `json:"allocated"`
+			Idle      int `json:"idle"`
+			Other     int `json:"other"`
+			Total     int `json:"total"`
+		}
+		Memory struct {
+			Minimum   int `json:"minimum"`
+			Maximum   int `json:"maximum"`
+			Allocated int `json:"allocated"`
+			Free      struct {
+				Minimum struct {
+					Set    bool `json:"set"`
+					Number int  `json:"number"`
+				} `json:"minimum"`
+				Maximum struct {
+					Set    bool `json:"set"`
+					Number int  `json:"number"`
+				} `json:"maximum"`
+			} `json:"free"`
+		}
+		Partition struct {
+			Name      string `json:"name"`
+			Alternate string `json:"alternate"`
+		} `json:"parittion"`
 	} `json:"sinfo"`
 }
 
+type DataParserJsonFetcher struct {
+	scraper      SlurmByteScraper
+	errorCounter prometheus.Counter
+	cache        *AtomicThrottledCache[NodeMetric]
+}
+
+func (dpj *DataParserJsonFetcher) fetch() ([]NodeMetric, error) {
+	squeue := new(sinfoDataParserResponse)
+	cliJson, err := dpj.scraper.FetchRawBytes()
+	if err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	if err := json.Unmarshal(cliJson, squeue); err != nil {
+		return nil, err
+	}
+	nodeMetrics := make([]NodeMetric, 0)
+	for _, entry := range squeue.Sinfo {
+		nodes := entry.Nodes
+		// validate single node parse
+		if nodes.Total != 1 {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("must contain only 1 node per entry, please use the -N option exp. `sinfo -N --json`")
+		}
+		if entry.Memory.Free.Maximum.Set && entry.Memory.Free.Minimum.Set {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("unable to scrape free mem metrics")
+		}
+		if entry.Memory.Free.Minimum.Number != entry.Memory.Free.Maximum.Number {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("must contain only 1 node per entry, please use the -N option exp. `sinfo -N --json`")
+		}
+		if entry.Memory.Minimum != entry.Memory.Maximum {
+			return nil, fmt.Errorf("must contain only 1 node per entry, please use the -N option exp. `sinfo -N --json`")
+		}
+		metric := NodeMetric{
+			Hostname:   nodes.Nodes[0],
+			Cpus:       float64(entry.Cpus.Total),
+			RealMemory: float64(entry.Memory.Maximum),
+			FreeMemory: float64(entry.Memory.Free.Maximum.Number),
+			State:      strings.Join(entry.Node.State, "&"),
+		}
+		if !slices.Contains(metric.Partitions, entry.Partition.Name) {
+			metric.Partitions = append(metric.Partitions, entry.Partition.Name)
+		}
+		if entry.Partition.Alternate != "" && !slices.Contains(metric.Partitions, entry.Partition.Alternate) {
+			metric.Partitions = append(metric.Partitions, entry.Partition.Alternate)
+		}
+		nodeMetrics = append(nodeMetrics, metric)
+	}
+	return nodeMetrics, nil
+}
+
 type sinfoResponse struct {
 	Meta struct {
 		SlurmVersion struct {
@@ -156,7 +230,8 @@ func (cmf *NodeCliFallbackFetcher) fetch() ([]NodeMetric, error) {
 		}
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(line, &metric); err != nil {
 			cmf.errorCounter.Inc()
-			return nil, fmt.Errorf("sinfo failed to parse line %d: %s, got %q", i, line, err)
+			slog.Error(fmt.Sprintf("sinfo failed to parse line %d: %s, got %q", i, line, err))
+			continue
 		}
 		// convert mem units from MB to Bytes
 		metric.RealMemory *= 1e6