diff --git a/libraries/api_helper.rb b/libraries/api_helper.rb
index 69d49341..d521143a 100644
--- a/libraries/api_helper.rb
+++ b/libraries/api_helper.rb
@@ -87,7 +87,11 @@ def do_request(grafana_options, payload = nil)
         success: grafana_options[:success_msg],
         unknown_code: grafana_options[:unknown_code_msg]
       )
-      JSON.parse(response.body)
+      begin
+        JSON.parse(response.body)
+      rescue JSON::ParserError
+        nil
+      end
     rescue BackendError
       nil
     end