diff --git a/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subsynchro.py b/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subsynchro.py
index e05e7c4e7..9e3c629ec 100644
--- a/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subsynchro.py
+++ b/custom_libs/subliminal_patch/providers/subsynchro.py
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ import os
 from zipfile import ZipFile, is_zipfile
 from requests import Session
 from guessit import guessit
+from requests.exceptions import JSONDecodeError
 
 from subliminal import Movie
 from subliminal.subtitle import SUBTITLE_EXTENSIONS, fix_line_ending
@@ -91,7 +92,11 @@ class SubsynchroProvider(Provider):
         result.raise_for_status()
 
         subtitles = []
-        results = result.json() or {}
+
+        try:
+            results = result.json()
+        except JSONDecodeError:
+            results = {}
 
         status_ = results.get("status")