diff --git a/SoftLayer/transports.py b/SoftLayer/transports.py
index 3aa896f11..74371a2ed 100644
--- a/SoftLayer/transports.py
+++ b/SoftLayer/transports.py
@@ -379,7 +379,12 @@ def __call__(self, request):
             request.url = resp.url
 
             resp.raise_for_status()
-            result = json.loads(resp.text)
+
+            if resp.text != "":
+                result = json.loads(resp.text)
+            else:
+                raise exceptions.SoftLayerAPIError(resp.status_code, "Empty response.")
+
             request.result = result
 
             if isinstance(result, list):
@@ -388,9 +393,15 @@ def __call__(self, request):
             else:
                 return result
         except requests.HTTPError as ex:
-            message = json.loads(ex.response.text)['error']
-            request.url = ex.response.url
-            raise exceptions.SoftLayerAPIError(ex.response.status_code, message)
+            try:
+                message = json.loads(ex.response.text)['error']
+                request.url = ex.response.url
+            except Exception:
+                if ex.response.text == "":
+                    raise exceptions.SoftLayerAPIError(resp.status_code, "Empty response.")
+                else:
+                    raise exceptions.SoftLayerAPIError(resp.status_code, ex.response.text)
+                raise exceptions.SoftLayerAPIError(ex.response.status_code, message)
         except requests.RequestException as ex:
             raise exceptions.TransportError(0, str(ex))