diff --git a/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponse.java b/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponse.java
index 5ed543c7d..c2060c398 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponse.java
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import com.eclipsesource.json.Json;
 import com.eclipsesource.json.JsonObject;
+import com.eclipsesource.json.ParseException;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStreamReader;
 import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
@@ -85,7 +86,11 @@ public String getJSON() {
                 throw new BoxAPIException("Couldn't connect to the Box API due to a network error.", e);
             }
             String jsonAsString = builder.toString();
-            this.jsonObject = Json.parse(jsonAsString).asObject();
+            try {
+                this.jsonObject = Json.parse(jsonAsString).asObject();
+            } catch (ParseException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Error parsing JSON:\n" + jsonAsString, e);
+            }
             return jsonAsString;
         }
     }
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponseTest.java b/src/test/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponseTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cebe28759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/com/box/sdk/BoxJSONResponseTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+package com.box.sdk;
+
+import static java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets.UTF_8;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doReturn;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.doThrow;
+import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
+
+import com.eclipsesource.json.ParseException;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class BoxJSONResponseTest {
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenJsonCannotBeParseJsonIsInException() throws IOException {
+        HttpURLConnection mockedConnection = mock(HttpURLConnection.class);
+        InputStream inputStream = new ByteArrayInputStream("Not a Json".getBytes(UTF_8));
+        doReturn(200).when(mockedConnection).getResponseCode();
+        doReturn(inputStream).when(mockedConnection).getInputStream();
+        try {
+            new BoxJSONResponse(mockedConnection).getJSON();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("Error parsing JSON:\nNot a Json"));
+            assertThat(e.getCause().getClass(), is(ParseException.class));
+        }
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void whenOtherExceptionIsThrownItIsRethrown() throws IOException {
+        HttpURLConnection mockedConnection = mock(HttpURLConnection.class);
+        doReturn(200).when(mockedConnection).getResponseCode();
+        doThrow(new RuntimeException("Some random exception")).when(mockedConnection).getInputStream();
+        try {
+            new BoxJSONResponse(mockedConnection).getJSON();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            assertThat(e.getMessage(), is("Some random exception"));
+            assertThat(e.getClass(), is(RuntimeException.class));
+        }
+    }
+}