diff --git a/spotipy/__init__.py b/spotipy/__init__.py
index cc97826..65c6102 100644
--- a/spotipy/__init__.py
+++ b/spotipy/__init__.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class Spotify(object):
                 print('RESP', results)
                 print()
             return results
-        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+        except ValueError:
             return None
 
     def next(self, result):