diff --git a/app/controllers/api/api_base_controller.rb b/app/controllers/api/api_base_controller.rb
index 0b1e7c64..77910f86 100644
--- a/app/controllers/api/api_base_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/api/api_base_controller.rb
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ module Api
 
         render json: { error: e.message }, status: :forbidden
       end
+
+      rescue_from JSON::ParserError do |e|
+        Rollbar.error(e) if defined?(Rollbar)
+
+        render json: { error: "JSON parse error: #{e.message}" }, status: :unprocessable_entity
+      end
     end
 
     private