diff --git a/utils/queues.py b/utils/queues.py
index 173b017..10278b5 100644
--- a/utils/queues.py
+++ b/utils/queues.py
@@ -17,10 +17,11 @@ class QueuesException(Exception):
 class TasksHandlerMixin:
     def poll(self):
         while True:
-            response = requests.get(f'{QUEUES_URL}/api/v1/take', headers={'queue': self.queue_name})
-            print('Got status', response.status_code)
-            print('Got body', response.content.decode('utf-8'))
-            response = response.json()
+            try:
+                response = requests.get(f'{QUEUES_URL}/api/v1/take', headers={'queue': self.queue_name}).json()
+            except requests.JSONDecodeError:
+                print('Unable to decode json')
+                continue
             task = response.get('task')
             if not task:
                 time.sleep(0.2)