diff --git a/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py b/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
index d707ee8d188..4c9ee092104 100644
--- a/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
+++ b/addons/google_account/models/google_service.py
@@ -139,7 +139,11 @@ class GoogleService(models.TransientModel):
             if error.code == 400:  # invalid grant
                 with registry(request.session.db).cursor() as cur:
                     self.env(cur)['res.users'].browse(self.env.uid).write({'google_%s_rtoken' % service: False})
-            error_key = json.loads(error.read()).get("error", "nc")
+            try:
+                error_file = error.read()
+                error_key = json.loads(error_file).get("error", "nc")
+            except:
+                error_key = error
             _logger.exception("Bad google request : %s !", error_key)
             error_msg = _("Something went wrong during your token generation. Maybe your Authorization Code is invalid or already expired [%s]") % error_key
             raise self.env['res.config.settings'].get_config_warning(error_msg)