diff --git a/app/src/main/java/se/leap/bitmaskclient/ProviderApiManagerBase.java b/app/src/main/java/se/leap/bitmaskclient/ProviderApiManagerBase.java
index 113b07f5aad246078fb49c0cd2ddb86298629020..78ded399bf5ee2a78548cc9ea74cdbe96d0afa38 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/se/leap/bitmaskclient/ProviderApiManagerBase.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/se/leap/bitmaskclient/ProviderApiManagerBase.java
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ public abstract class ProviderApiManagerBase {
 
         try {
             responseJson = new JSONObject(plain_response);
-        } catch (JSONException e) {
+        } catch (NullPointerException | JSONException e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
             responseJson = getErrorMessageAsJson(error_json_exception_user_message);
         }