diff --git a/python/examples/imagenet/image_http_client.py b/python/examples/imagenet/image_http_client.py
index 2a2e9ea20d7e428cfe42393e2fee60035c33283d..cda0f33ac82d0bd228a22a8f438cbe1aa013eadf 100644
--- a/python/examples/imagenet/image_http_client.py
+++ b/python/examples/imagenet/image_http_client.py
@@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ def predict(image_path, server):
     req = json.dumps({"image": image, "fetch": ["score"]})
     r = requests.post(
         server, data=req, headers={"Content-Type": "application/json"})
-    print(r.json()["score"][0])
+    try:
+        print(r.json()["score"][0])
+    except ValueError:
+        print(r.text)
     return r