diff --git a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/client/IntHttpClient.java b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/client/IntHttpClient.java
index 38644c9..7c849c7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/client/IntHttpClient.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/client/IntHttpClient.java
@@ -62,8 +62,8 @@
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.exception.IntegrationRestException;
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.proxy.ProxyInfo;
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.request.Request;
-import com.synopsys.integration.rest.response.Response;
 import com.synopsys.integration.rest.response.ErrorResponse;
+import com.synopsys.integration.rest.response.Response;
 
 /**
  * A basic, extendable http client.
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/service/IntJsonTransformer.java b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/service/IntJsonTransformer.java
index 8ecf235..1d836ac 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/service/IntJsonTransformer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/synopsys/integration/rest/service/IntJsonTransformer.java
@@ -30,6 +30,8 @@
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonNode;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.node.ArrayNode;
@@ -78,6 +80,9 @@ public <C extends IntRestComponent> C getComponentAs(String json, Type responseT
 
     public <C extends IntRestComponent> C getComponentAs(JsonObject jsonObject, Type responseType) throws IntegrationException {
         final String json = gson.toJson(jsonObject);
+        if (null == jsonObject || StringUtils.isBlank(json)) {
+            throw new IntegrationException(String.format("The server did not have a response body. Can not convert the response to '%s'", responseType.getTypeName()));
+        }
         try {
             addJsonAsField(jsonObject);
             C transformedResponse = gson.fromJson(jsonObject, responseType);