diff --git a/rowers/c2stuff.py b/rowers/c2stuff.py
index 4fcbd5e9..41393b94 100644
--- a/rowers/c2stuff.py
+++ b/rowers/c2stuff.py
@@ -624,7 +624,11 @@ def do_refresh_token(refreshtoken):
 
     response = s.send(prepped)
 
-    token_json = response.json()
+    try:
+        token_json = response.json()
+    except JSONDecodeError:
+        return [None,None,None]
+
     try:
         thetoken = token_json['access_token']
         expires_in = token_json['expires_in']