diff --git a/storage3/_async/file_api.py b/storage3/_async/file_api.py
index 3a947eb6..afba98ff 100644
--- a/storage3/_async/file_api.py
+++ b/storage3/_async/file_api.py
@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ async def _request(
         files: Optional[Any] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Response:
-        response = await self._client.request(
-            method, url, headers=headers or {}, json=json, files=files, **kwargs
-        )
         try:
+            response = await self._client.request(
+                method, url, headers=headers or {}, json=json, files=files, **kwargs
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError:
-            raise StorageException(
-                {**response.json(), "statusCode": response.status_code}
-            )
+            try:
+                resp = response.json()
+                raise StorageException({**resp, "statusCode": response.status_code})
+            except JSONDecodeError:
+                raise StorageException({"statusCode": response.status_code})
 
         return response
 
diff --git a/storage3/_sync/file_api.py b/storage3/_sync/file_api.py
index 18aa7e0f..cc251738 100644
--- a/storage3/_sync/file_api.py
+++ b/storage3/_sync/file_api.py
@@ -39,15 +39,17 @@ def _request(
         files: Optional[Any] = None,
         **kwargs: Any,
     ) -> Response:
-        response = self._client.request(
-            method, url, headers=headers or {}, json=json, files=files, **kwargs
-        )
         try:
+            response = self._client.request(
+                method, url, headers=headers or {}, json=json, files=files, **kwargs
+            )
             response.raise_for_status()
         except HTTPError:
-            raise StorageException(
-                {**response.json(), "statusCode": response.status_code}
-            )
+            try:
+                resp = response.json()
+                raise StorageException({**resp, "statusCode": response.status_code})
+            except JSONDecodeError:
+                raise StorageException({"statusCode": response.status_code})
 
         return response