diff --git a/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.spec b/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.spec

index d2c31fa..ae9fecb 100644

--- a/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.spec

+++ b/dnf-plugin-spacewalk.spec

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@

 Summary: DNF plugin for Spacewalk

 Name: dnf-plugin-spacewalk

 Version: 2.8.5

-Release: 10%{?dist}

+Release: 11%{?dist}

 License: GPLv2

 Source0: https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk/archive/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz

 URL:     https://github.com/spacewalkproject/spacewalk

@@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ install -m 644 actions/errata.py %{buildroot}%{python3_sitelib}/rhn/actions/

 %endif

 %changelog

+* Wed Jun 19 2019 Michael Mraka <michael.mraka@redhat.com> 2.8.5-11

+- Resolves: #1701222 - ignore broken json cache

+

 * Wed Apr 03 2019 Michael Mraka <michael.mraka@redhat.com> 2.8.5-10

 - Resolves: #1673445 - changed wording to refer to Red Hat Satellite

diff --git a/spacewalk.py b/spacewalk.py

index 89e7822..1e5255f 100644

--- a/spacewalk.py

+++ b/spacewalk.py

@@ -186,6 +186,9 @@ class Spacewalk(dnf.Plugin):

         except (FileNotFoundError, IOError) as e:

             if e.errno != errno.ENOENT:

                 raise

+        except json.decoder.JSONDecodeError as e:

+            pass        # ignore broken json and recreate it later

+

         return {}

     def _write_channels_file(self, var):