diff --git a/lib/geocoder/lookups/telize.rb b/lib/geocoder/lookups/telize.rb
index c3befae5dfba182614d7f85f797bb8ea13ed852a..4c284a65bbdeac28b1126c7ef764581f38e1cc21 100644
--- a/lib/geocoder/lookups/telize.rb
+++ b/lib/geocoder/lookups/telize.rb
@@ -15,15 +15,12 @@ module Geocoder::Lookup
 
     private # ---------------------------------------------------------------
 
-    def parse_raw_data(raw_data)
-      raw_data.match(/^<html><title>404/) ? nil : super(raw_data)
-    end
-
     def results(query)
       # don't look up a loopback address, just return the stored result
       return [reserved_result(query.text)] if query.loopback_ip_address?
-      # note: Freegeoip.net returns plain text "Not Found" on bad request
-      (doc = fetch_data(query)) ? [doc] : []
+      # note: Telize returns json with a code attribute of 401 on bad request
+      doc = fetch_data(query)
+      (doc && doc['code'] == 401) ? [] : [doc]
     end
 
     def reserved_result(ip)
diff --git a/test/fixtures/telize_10_10_10_10 b/test/fixtures/telize_10_10_10_10
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b85a5590334e3afd7ebe5d3e9ccb6eb0d5493c8b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/fixtures/telize_10_10_10_10
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+"message": "Input string is not a valid IP address",
+"code": 401
+}
diff --git a/test/fixtures/telize_no_results b/test/fixtures/telize_no_results
index 2ac0915dd0c91079a1b0d2eb3fd3c21194e0a77a..b85a5590334e3afd7ebe5d3e9ccb6eb0d5493c8b 100644
--- a/test/fixtures/telize_no_results
+++ b/test/fixtures/telize_no_results
@@ -1 +1,4 @@
-<html><title>404: Not Found</title><body>404: Not Found</body></html>
+{
+"message": "Input string is not a valid IP address",
+"code": 401
+}
diff --git a/test/test_helper.rb b/test/test_helper.rb
index b618b65e3d12eabc7af38ab66534a885a8f68a2e..06c1a8b4caf15299de97a1f4cc26b58d5c8d4009 100644
--- a/test/test_helper.rb
+++ b/test/test_helper.rb
@@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ module Geocoder
 
     class Telize
       private
+      def fixture_prefix
+        "telize"
+      end
+
       def default_fixture_filename
         "telize_74_200_247_59"
       end
diff --git a/test/unit/lookups/telize_test.rb b/test/unit/lookups/telize_test.rb
index 449ee1e2743423e3f6d524887b99bc25bfa97387..aa112b2091b29a1bfb90f82fcf12f7ed7bb5b317 100644
--- a/test/unit/lookups/telize_test.rb
+++ b/test/unit/lookups/telize_test.rb
@@ -17,4 +17,9 @@ class TelizeTest < GeocoderTestCase
     result = Geocoder.search("74.200.247.59").first
     assert_equal "Plano, TX 75093, United States", result.address
   end
+
+  def test_no_results
+    results = Geocoder.search("10.10.10.10")
+    assert_equal 0, results.length
+  end
 end