diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index cb6b2ba..cb21fc7 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 PATH
   remote: .
   specs:
-    gitea-client (0.7.0)
+    gitea-client (0.8.0)
       rest-client (~> 2.1.0)
 
 GEM
diff --git a/lib/gitea/api/http.rb b/lib/gitea/api/http.rb
index b6525c2..814ebcb 100644
--- a/lib/gitea/api/http.rb
+++ b/lib/gitea/api/http.rb
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ module Gitea
           response.return!
         end        
 
-        JSON.parse(response)
+        JSON.parse(response) rescue {}
       end
 
       def get_user_agent
diff --git a/lib/gitea/version.rb b/lib/gitea/version.rb
index 23912a2..a2a74ef 100644
--- a/lib/gitea/version.rb
+++ b/lib/gitea/version.rb
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 # frozen_string_literal: true
 
 module Gitea
-  VERSION = "0.7.0"
+  VERSION = "0.8.0"
 end