diff --git a/app/Services/Migration/AuthService.php b/app/Services/Migration/AuthService.php
index e96341fab0a3..1743aee3ef16 100644
--- a/app/Services/Migration/AuthService.php
+++ b/app/Services/Migration/AuthService.php
@@ -41,8 +41,16 @@ class AuthService
         $response = Request::post($this->getUrl(), $this->getHeaders(), $body);
 
         if ($response->code == 200) {
-            $this->isSuccessful = true;
-            $this->token = $response->body->data[0]->token->token;
+            
+            try {
+                $this->isSuccessful = true;
+                $this->token = $response->body->data[0]->token->token;
+            } catch (\Exception $e) {
+                info($e->getMessage());
+
+                $this->isSuccessful = false;
+                $this->errors = [trans('texts.migration_went_wrong')];
+            }
         }
 
         if (in_array($response->code, [401, 422, 500])) {
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/texts.php b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
index a3a1429c40f4..a0a5d763e689 100644
--- a/resources/lang/en/texts.php
+++ b/resources/lang/en/texts.php
@@ -3535,6 +3535,7 @@ $LANG = array(
     'marked_credit_as_sent' => 'Successfully marked credit as sent',
     'email_subject_payment_partial' => 'Email Partial Payment Subject',
     'is_approved' => 'Is Approved',
+    'migration_went_wrong' => 'Oops, something went wrong! Make sure you did proper setup with V2 of Invoice Ninja, before starting migration.',
     'cross_migration_message' => 'Cross account migration is not allowed. Please read more about it here: <a href="https://invoiceninja.github.io/cross-site-migration.html">https://invoiceninja.github.io/cross-site-migration.html</a>'
 );