diff --git a/trakt/core.py b/trakt/core.py
index 22009686..aa8030a4 100644
--- a/trakt/core.py
+++ b/trakt/core.py
@@ -534,10 +534,7 @@ def _handle_request(self, method, url, data=None):
         try:
             json_data = json.loads(response.content.decode('UTF-8', 'ignore'))
         except JSONDecodeError as e:
-            ex = errors.BadResponseException(response)
-            ex.details = f"Unable to parse JSON: {e}"
-
-            raise ex
+            raise errors.BadResponseException(response, f"Unable to parse JSON: {e}")
 
         return json_data