diff --git a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
index 07139a09..8d227568 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/__init__.py
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ class Controller:
                 self.save()
             with open(self._config_file) as f:
                 data = json.load(f)
-        except (OSError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError) as e:
+        except (OSError, ValueError) as e:
             log.critical("Cannot load %s: %s", self._config_file, str(e))
             return
 
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py b/gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py
index 41be00b8..d1e430c8 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/gns3vm/virtualbox_gns3_vm.py
@@ -234,7 +234,7 @@ class VirtualBoxGNS3VM(BaseGNS3VM):
             if resp:
                 try:
                     json_data = yield from resp.json()
-                except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError:
+                except ValueError:
                     pass
                 resp.close()
 
diff --git a/gns3server/controller/topology.py b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
index a6bd4a00..02840672 100644
--- a/gns3server/controller/topology.py
+++ b/gns3server/controller/topology.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ def load_topology(path):
     try:
         with open(path, encoding="utf-8") as f:
             topo = json.load(f)
-    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, json.decoder.JSONDecodeError) as e:
+    except (OSError, UnicodeDecodeError, ValueError) as e:
         raise aiohttp.web.HTTPConflict(text="Could not load topology {}: {}".format(path, str(e)))
     if "revision" not in topo or topo["revision"] < 5:
         # If it's an old GNS3 file we need to convert it
diff --git a/scripts/random_query.py b/scripts/random_query.py
index 59d6bc9f..66e67130 100644
--- a/scripts/random_query.py
+++ b/scripts/random_query.py
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ async def main(loop):
             try:
                 j = await error.response.json()
                 die("%s %s invalid status %d:\n%s", error.method, error.path, error.response.status, json.dumps(j, indent=4))
-            except (json.decoder.JSONDecodeError, aiohttp.errors.ServerDisconnectedError):
+            except (ValueError, aiohttp.errors.ServerDisconnectedError):
                 die("%s %s invalid status %d", error.method, error.path, error.response.status)