diff --git a/addons/google_account/i18n/google_account.pot b/addons/google_account/i18n/google_account.pot
index b3fbce69eba..c417f0ab441 100644
--- a/addons/google_account/i18n/google_account.pot
+++ b/addons/google_account/i18n/google_account.pot
@@ -30,6 +30,12 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "Display Name"
 msgstr ""
 
+#. module: google_account
+#: code:addons/google_account/models/google_service.py:196
+#, python-format
+msgid "Error while requesting Google Services: %s"
+msgstr ""
+
 #. module: google_account
 #: model:ir.model,name:google_account.model_google_service
 msgid "Google Service"
@@ -80,9 +86,9 @@ msgid "Something went wrong during your token generation. Maybe your Authorizati
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: google_account
-#: code:addons/google_account/models/google_service.py:193
+#: code:addons/google_account/models/google_service.py:197
 #, python-format
-msgid "Something went wrong with your request to google"
+msgid "Something went wrong with your request to google: %s"
 msgstr ""
 
 #. module: google_account
diff --git a/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py b/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
index 5292a490515..fb9213f96b2 100644
--- a/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
+++ b/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
@@ -189,12 +189,12 @@ class GoogleService(models.TransientModel):
                 status = error.response.status_code
                 response = ""
             else:
-                req = json.loads(error.request.body)
+                req = json.loads(error.request.body or 'null')
                 res = error.response.json()
                 _logger.exception("Error while requesting Google Services\nRequest:\n%s\nResponse:\n%s", pformat(req), pformat(res))
                 if error.response.status_code in (400, 401, 410):
-                    raise UserError(_("Error while requesting Google Services: %s" % res['error']['message']))
-                raise self.env['res.config.settings'].get_config_warning(_("Something went wrong with your request to google"))
+                    raise UserError(_("Error while requesting Google Services: %s") % res['error']['message'])
+                raise self.env['res.config.settings'].get_config_warning(_("Something went wrong with your request to google: %s") % res['error']['message'])
         return (status, response, ask_time)
 
     # TODO : remove me, it is only used in google calendar. Make google_calendar use the constants