diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/pixeldroid/app/posts/feeds/CommonFeedFragmentUtils.kt b/app/src/main/java/org/pixeldroid/app/posts/feeds/CommonFeedFragmentUtils.kt
index 08b12511..b7b0d436 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/pixeldroid/app/posts/feeds/CommonFeedFragmentUtils.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/pixeldroid/app/posts/feeds/CommonFeedFragmentUtils.kt
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 package org.pixeldroid.app.posts.feeds
 
 import android.view.LayoutInflater
-import android.view.View
 import android.view.ViewGroup
 import android.widget.ProgressBar
 import androidx.constraintlayout.motion.widget.MotionLayout
@@ -83,7 +82,14 @@ internal fun <T: Any> initAdapter(
             ?: loadState.refresh as? LoadState.Error
         errorState?.let {
             val error: String = (it.error as? HttpException)?.response()?.errorBody()?.string()?.ifEmpty { null }?.let { s ->
-                Gson().fromJson(s, org.pixeldroid.app.utils.api.objects.Error::class.java)?.error?.ifBlank { null }
+                try {
+                    Gson().fromJson(s, org.pixeldroid.app.utils.api.objects.Error::class.java)?.error?.ifBlank { null }
+                } catch (exception: Exception) {
+                    errorLayout.root.context.getString(
+                        R.string.unknown_error_in_error,
+                        it.error.localizedMessage.orEmpty()
+                    )
+                }
             } ?: it.error.localizedMessage.orEmpty()
             showError(motionLayout = motionLayout, errorLayout = errorLayout, errorText = error)
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
index 964b263f..ba9f8bbd 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ For more info about Pixelfed, you can check here: https://pixelfed.org"</string>
     <!-- Loading error messages -->
     <string name="loading_toast">Something went wrong while loading</string>
     <string name="feed_failed">Could not get feed</string>
+    <string name="unknown_error_in_error">Unknown error, check if server is down: %1$s</string>
     <!-- Post pop-up options -->
     <string name="share_picture">Share picture…</string>
     <string name="save_to_gallery">Save to Gallery…</string>