diff --git a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
index eec9f14748..5aab4dcbbe 100644
--- a/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
+++ b/Library/Homebrew/cmd/search.rb
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ module Homebrew extend self
       end
     end
     results
-  rescue GitHub::Error
+  rescue GitHub::Error, Utils::JSON::Error
     []
   end