diff --git a/planet/scripts/util.py b/planet/scripts/util.py
index 18cc13074..da802808c 100644
--- a/planet/scripts/util.py
+++ b/planet/scripts/util.py
@@ -178,16 +178,16 @@ def echo_json_response(response, pretty, limit=None, ndjson=False):
         elif not ndjson and hasattr(response, 'json_encode'):
             response.json_encode(click.get_text_stream('stdout'), limit=limit,
                                  indent=indent, sort_keys=sort_keys)
-
-        res = response.get_raw()
-        if len(res) == 0:  # if the body is empty, just return the status
-            click.echo("status: {}".format(response.response.status_code))
         else:
-            res = json.dumps(json.loads(res), indent=indent,
-                             sort_keys=sort_keys)
-            click.echo(res)
-        if nl:
-            click.echo()
+            res = response.get_raw()
+            if len(res) == 0:  # if the body is empty, just return the status
+                click.echo("status: {}".format(response.response.status_code))
+            else:
+                res = json.dumps(json.loads(res), indent=indent,
+                                 sort_keys=sort_keys)
+                click.echo(res)
+            if nl:
+                click.echo()
     except IOError as ioe:
         # hide scary looking broken pipe stack traces
         raise click.ClickException(str(ioe))