diff --git a/instaloader/__init__.py b/instaloader/__init__.py
index 7ed0c85..0fba0e2 100644
--- a/instaloader/__init__.py
+++ b/instaloader/__init__.py
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 """Download pictures (or videos) along with their captions and other metadata from Instagram."""
 
 
-__version__ = '4.10'
+__version__ = '4.10.1'
 
 
 try:
diff --git a/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py b/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py
index 7659af3..ffb326d 100644
--- a/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py
+++ b/instaloader/instaloadercontext.py
@@ -405,20 +405,13 @@ class InstaloaderContext:
                 raise ConnectionException("HTTP error code {}.".format(resp.status_code))
             is_html_query = not is_graphql_query and not "__a" in params and host == "www.instagram.com"
             if is_html_query:
-                match = re.search(r'window\._sharedData = (.*);</script>', resp.text)
+                # Extract JSON from HTML response
+                match = re.search('(?<={"raw":").*?(?<!\\\\)(?=")', resp.text)
                 if match is None:
-                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("Could not find \"window._sharedData\" in html response.")
-                resp_json = json.loads(match.group(1))
-                entry_data = resp_json.get('entry_data')
-                post_or_profile_page = list(entry_data.values())[0] if entry_data is not None else None
-                if post_or_profile_page is None:
-                    raise ConnectionException("\"window._sharedData\" does not contain required keys.")
-                # If GraphQL data is missing in `window._sharedData`, search for it in `__additionalDataLoaded`.
-                if 'graphql' not in post_or_profile_page[0]:
-                    match = re.search(r'window\.__additionalDataLoaded\(.*?({.*"graphql":.*})\);</script>',
-                                      resp.text)
-                    if match is not None:
-                        post_or_profile_page[0]['graphql'] = json.loads(match.group(1))['graphql']
+                    raise QueryReturnedNotFoundException("Could not find JSON data in html response.")
+                # Unescape escaped JSON string
+                unescaped_string = match.group(0).encode("utf-8").decode("unicode_escape")
+                resp_json = json.loads(unescaped_string)
                 return resp_json
             else:
                 resp_json = resp.json()
diff --git a/instaloader/lateststamps.py b/instaloader/lateststamps.py
index 5846948..02959ba 100644
--- a/instaloader/lateststamps.py
+++ b/instaloader/lateststamps.py
@@ -27,7 +27,8 @@ class LatestStamps:
         self.data.read(latest_stamps_file)
 
     def _save(self):
-        makedirs(dirname(self.file), exist_ok=True)
+        if dn := dirname(self.file):
+            makedirs(dn, exist_ok=True)
         with open(self.file, 'w') as f:
             self.data.write(f)