diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index d210910f4a..5f3dd85060 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ phpMyAdmin - ChangeLog
 - issue #15767 Fixed can not copy user account since 5.0 - "error #1133"
 - issue #15772 Fixed error code 500 during pagination of the tables in a database
 - issue        Fix php error "Trying to access array offset on value of type null" on column distinct values feature
+- issue #15741 Fix fatal javascript error on clicking "Pick from Central Columns"
 
 5.0.1 (2020-01-07)
 - issue #15719 Fixed error 500 when browsing a table when $cfg['LimitChars'] used a string and not an int value
diff --git a/js/functions.js b/js/functions.js
index d66a39a2db..86c0cb48b8 100644
--- a/js/functions.js
+++ b/js/functions.js
@@ -3586,7 +3586,7 @@ AJAX.registerOnload('functions.js', function () {
                 url: href,
                 data: params,
                 success: function (data) {
-                    centralColumnList[db + '_' + table] = JSON.parse(data.message);
+                    centralColumnList[db + '_' + table] = data.message;
                 },
                 async:false
             });
diff --git a/libraries/classes/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php b/libraries/classes/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
index 0c90d94612..38f8d0400e 100644
--- a/libraries/classes/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
+++ b/libraries/classes/Controllers/Database/CentralColumnsController.php
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ class CentralColumnsController extends AbstractController
             return;
         }
         if (isset($_POST['getColumnList'])) {
-            $this->response->addJSON($this->getColumnList([
+            $this->response->addJSON('message', $this->getColumnList([
                 'cur_table' => $_POST['cur_table'] ?? null,
             ]));
             return;