diff --git a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/edu/internet2/ndt/JSONUtils.java b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/edu/internet2/ndt/JSONUtils.java
index de7354717..dc05dfe12 100644
--- a/apps/routerconsole/java/src/edu/internet2/ndt/JSONUtils.java
+++ b/apps/routerconsole/java/src/edu/internet2/ndt/JSONUtils.java
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ public class JSONUtils {
 	public static String getValueFromJsonObj(String jsonTxt, String key) {
 		JSONValue jsonParser = new JSONValue();
 		Map json = (Map)jsonParser.parse(new String(jsonTxt));
+		if (json == null)
+			return null;
 		Iterator iter = json.entrySet().iterator();
 		while(iter.hasNext()){
 			Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry)iter.next();