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):