diff --git a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.html b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.html
index 308e3ad22cff13505b7bfa16e2545a9837b60e8c..a89537de67dd331f96c4f8c290963b0eb15ef966 100644
--- a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.html
+++ b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.html
@@ -25,6 +25,10 @@
             {{error}}
         </div>
 
+        <div *ngIf="JsonError" style="color: indianred">
+            {{'APPS_MANAGEMENT.JSON_ERROR' | translate}}
+        </div>
+
 
     </div>
     <div class="nmaas-modal-footer">
diff --git a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.ts b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.ts
index 595cfe1c0fc6ec2f6143e2bf03f04c0c637fb985..62638c292ab2e1df41073e8aa0f606e036379548 100644
--- a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-app/app-add-json-app.component.ts
@@ -1,75 +1,85 @@
 import {Component, OnInit, ViewChild} from '@angular/core';
 import {ModalComponent} from '../../../shared';
 import {AppsService} from '../../../service';
-import {HttpHeaders} from '@angular/common/http';
 import {Router} from '@angular/router';
 
 @Component({
-  selector: 'app-app-add-json-app',
-  templateUrl: './app-add-json-app.component.html',
-  styleUrls: ['./app-add-json-app.component.css']
+    selector: 'app-app-add-json-app',
+    templateUrl: './app-add-json-app.component.html',
+    styleUrls: ['./app-add-json-app.component.css']
 })
 export class AppAddJsonAppComponent implements OnInit {
 
-  @ViewChild(ModalComponent, { static: true })
-  public readonly modal: ModalComponent;
+    @ViewChild(ModalComponent, {static: true})
+    public readonly modal: ModalComponent;
 
-  public jsonText = '';
-  public error = '';
+    public jsonText = '';
+    public error = '';
 
+    public JsonError = false;
 
 
-  constructor(private readonly appsService: AppsService,
-              private readonly router: Router) { }
-
-
+    constructor(private readonly appsService: AppsService,
+                private readonly router: Router) {
+    }
 
-  ngOnInit(): void {
-  }
 
-  onUpload(event: any) {
-    console.log(event);
-    const file = event.files[0];
-    console.log(file);
-    const fileReader = new FileReader();
-    fileReader.readAsText(file);
-    fileReader.onload = () => {
-      if (typeof fileReader.result === 'string') {
-        console.log(JSON.parse(fileReader.result));
-        this.appsService.createApplicationDTO(JSON.parse(fileReader.result)).subscribe(result => {
-          console.log('uploaded', result);
-          this.modal.hide();
-          this.router.navigate(['apps', result.id])
-        },
-            error => {
-              console.log(error)
-              this.error = error.message
-            })
-      }
+    ngOnInit(): void {
     }
-    fileReader.onerror = (error) => {
-      console.log(error);
-    }
-  }
 
-  public sendJsonText() {
-    if (this.jsonText.length > 0) {
-      this.appsService.createApplicationDTO(JSON.parse(this.jsonText)).subscribe(result => {
-        console.log('uploaded', result);
-        this.modal.hide();
-        this.router.navigate(['apps', result.id])
-      },
-          error => {
-        console.log(error)
-          this.error = error.message
-          })
+    onUpload(event: any) {
+        console.log(event);
+        const file = event.files[0];
+        console.log(file);
+        const fileReader = new FileReader();
+        fileReader.readAsText(file);
+        fileReader.onload = () => {
+            if (typeof fileReader.result === 'string') {
+                try {
+                    JSON.parse(fileReader.result);
+                    this.appsService.createApplicationDTO(JSON.parse(fileReader.result)).subscribe(result => {
+                            console.log('uploaded', result);
+                            this.modal.hide();
+                            this.router.navigate(['apps', result.id])
+                        },
+                        error => {
+                            console.log(error)
+                            this.error = error.message
+                        })
+                } catch (e) {
+                    console.warn('invalid json')
+                    this.JsonError = true;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        fileReader.onerror = (error) => {
+            console.log(error);
+        }
+    }
 
+    public sendJsonText() {
+        if (this.jsonText.length > 0) {
+            try {
+                JSON.parse(this.jsonText);
+                this.appsService.createApplicationDTO(JSON.parse(this.jsonText)).subscribe(result => {
+                        console.log('uploaded', result);
+                        this.modal.hide();
+                        this.router.navigate(['apps', result.id])
+                    },
+                    error => {
+                        console.log(error)
+                        this.error = error.message
+                    })
+            } catch (e) {
+                console.warn('invalid json')
+                this.JsonError = true;
+            }
+        }
     }
-  }
 
-  public show() {
-    this.modal.show();
-  }
+    public show() {
+        this.modal.show();
+    }
 
 
 }
diff --git a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-version-app/app-add-json-version-app.component.ts b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-version-app/app-add-json-version-app.component.ts
index 49986732502c852119bb74b905ddb4fd239b3bcd..2fce47d03be8e981e698199ad4f4981a4d4b41ba 100644
--- a/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-version-app/app-add-json-version-app.component.ts
+++ b/src/app/appmarket/appmanagement/app-add-json-version-app/app-add-json-version-app.component.ts
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@ export class AppAddJsonVersionAppComponent implements OnInit {
   public jsonText = '';
   public error = '';
 
+  public JsonError = false;
+
+
   @Output()
   public refresh: EventEmitter<boolean> = new EventEmitter<boolean>();
 
@@ -36,15 +39,21 @@ export class AppAddJsonVersionAppComponent implements OnInit {
     fileReader.onload = () => {
       if (typeof fileReader.result === 'string') {
         console.log(JSON.parse(fileReader.result));
-        this.appsService.createApplication(JSON.parse(fileReader.result)).subscribe(result => {
-              console.log('uploaded', result);
-              this.modal.hide();
+        try {
+          JSON.parse(fileReader.result);
+          this.appsService.createApplication(JSON.parse(fileReader.result)).subscribe(result => {
+                console.log('uploaded', result);
+                this.modal.hide();
                 this.refresh.emit(true);
-            },
-            error => {
-              console.log(error)
-              this.error = error.message
-            })
+              },
+              error => {
+                console.log(error)
+                this.error = error.message
+              })
+        } catch (e) {
+          console.warn('invalid json')
+          this.JsonError = true;
+        }
       }
     }
     fileReader.onerror = (error) => {
@@ -54,16 +63,21 @@ export class AppAddJsonVersionAppComponent implements OnInit {
 
   public sendJsonText() {
     if (this.jsonText.length > 0) {
-      this.appsService.createApplication(JSON.parse(this.jsonText)).subscribe(result => {
-            console.log('uploaded', result);
-            this.modal.hide();
-            this.refresh.emit(true);
-          },
-          error => {
-            console.log(error)
-            this.error = error.message
-          })
-
+      try {
+        JSON.parse(this.jsonText);
+        this.appsService.createApplication(JSON.parse(this.jsonText)).subscribe(result => {
+              console.log('uploaded', result);
+              this.modal.hide();
+              this.refresh.emit(true);
+            },
+            error => {
+              console.log(error)
+              this.error = error.message
+            })
+      } catch (e) {
+        console.warn('invalid json')
+        this.JsonError = true;
+      }
     }
   }