diff --git a/web/inc/helpers.php b/web/inc/helpers.php
index 289cee6..e3b0fab 100644
--- a/web/inc/helpers.php
+++ b/web/inc/helpers.php
@@ -231,7 +231,10 @@ function pictshareUploadImage($path,$hash=false)
 
     // output the response
     curl_setopt($request, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
-    $json = json_decode(curl_exec($request).PHP_EOL,true);
+    $answer = curl_exec($request);
+    if($answer === false) return ['status'=>'error','error'=>curl_error($request)];
+    else
+        $json = json_decode($answer.PHP_EOL,true);
 
     // close the session
     curl_close($request);