diff --git a/plugins/nasa_apod/__main__.py b/plugins/nasa_apod/__main__.py
index b0be9db..434e155 100644
--- a/plugins/nasa_apod/__main__.py
+++ b/plugins/nasa_apod/__main__.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 import qrcode
 import math
 import json
+import simplejson
 import sys
 
 DEFAULT_WIDTH = 600
@@ -89,13 +90,15 @@ def text_in_rect(canvas, text, font, color, bg_color, rect, align='left', valign
     apod_date = str(datetime.datetime.now().date())
     suffix = "daily"
 
-response = requests.get(f"https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&thumbs=true&date={apod_date}")
+apod_url = f"https://api.nasa.gov/planetary/apod?api_key=DEMO_KEY&thumbs=true&date={apod_date}"
+print(f"Fetching: {apod_url}")
+response = requests.get(apod_url)
 
 try:
     metadata = response.json()
 
-except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
-    print(response.text)
+except (json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, simplejson.errors.JSONDecodeError):
+    print(f"JSON Decode error. Response: {response.text}")
     sys.exit(1)
 
 print(apod_date, metadata)