diff --git a/Octokit/Http/JsonHttpPipeline.cs b/Octokit/Http/JsonHttpPipeline.cs
index 81e0d7e2..3eea0d4e 100644
--- a/Octokit/Http/JsonHttpPipeline.cs
+++ b/Octokit/Http/JsonHttpPipeline.cs
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ namespace Octokit.Internal
 
             if (response.ContentType != null && response.ContentType.Equals("application/json", StringComparison.Ordinal))
             {
-                var json = _serializer.Deserialize<T>(response.Body);
-                response.BodyAsObject = json;
+                // simple json does not support the root node being empty. Will submit a pr but in the mean time....
+                if (response.Body != "{}") 
+                {
+                    var json = _serializer.Deserialize<T>(response.Body);
+                    response.BodyAsObject = json;
+                }
             }
         }
     }