diff --git a/rowers/management/commands/getblogposts.py b/rowers/management/commands/getblogposts.py
index 35dca13a..d6cb809e 100644
--- a/rowers/management/commands/getblogposts.py
+++ b/rowers/management/commands/getblogposts.py
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@ import requests
 import datetime
 import arrow
 
+from json.decoder import JSONDecodeError
+
 PY3K = sys.version_info >= (3,0)
 
 from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand
@@ -19,7 +21,10 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
             response = requests.get(
                 'https://analytics.rowsandall.com/wp-json/wp/v2/posts?per_page=3')
             if response.status_code == 200:
-                blogs_json = response.json()
+                try:
+                    blogs_json = response.json()
+                except  JSONDecodeError:
+                    blogs_json = []
             else:
                 blogs_json = []
         except ConnectionError:
@@ -46,4 +51,3 @@ class Command(BaseCommand):
 
         self.stdout.write(self.style.SUCCESS(
             'Successfully processed blog posts'))
-