diff --git a/__tests__/unit/query.test.ts b/__tests__/unit/query.test.ts
index 014ef6d6..3d8b37b4 100644
--- a/__tests__/unit/query.test.ts
+++ b/__tests__/unit/query.test.ts
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import {
   AuthorizationError,
   FetchClient,
   fql,
+  ProtocolError,
   QueryTimeoutError,
   ServiceError,
   ServiceInternalError,
@@ -123,7 +124,7 @@ describe("query", () => {
     expect(actual.summary).toEqual("the summary");
   });
 
-  it("Throws ServiceError on an empty 200 response", async () => {
+  it("Throws ProtocolError on an empty 200 response", async () => {
     expect.assertions(2);
     fetchMock.mockResponse("", {
       status: 200,
@@ -133,9 +134,9 @@ describe("query", () => {
       const result = await client.query(fql`'foo'.length`);
       console.log("result", result);
     } catch (e) {
-      if (e instanceof ServiceError) {
+      if (e instanceof ProtocolError) {
         expect(e.message).toEqual(
-          "There was an issue communicating with Fauna. Please try again.",
+          "There was an issue communicating with Fauna. Response is empty. Please try again.",
         );
         expect(e.httpStatus).toEqual(500);
       }
diff --git a/src/client.ts b/src/client.ts
index c623ec1a..e7c0efba 100644
--- a/src/client.ts
+++ b/src/client.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@ import {
   NetworkError,
   ProtocolError,
   ServiceError,
-  ServiceInternalError,
   ThrottlingError,
   getServiceError,
 } from "./errors";
@@ -646,16 +645,11 @@ in an environmental variable named FAUNA_SECRET or pass it to the Client\
         response.body.length === 0 &&
         response.headers["content-length"] === "0"
       ) {
-        throw new ServiceInternalError(
-          {
-            error: {
-              code: "internal_error",
-              message:
-                "There was an issue communicating with Fauna. Please try again.",
-            },
-          },
-          500,
-        );
+        throw new ProtocolError({
+          message:
+            "There was an issue communicating with Fauna. Response is empty. Please try again.",
+          httpStatus: 500,
+        });
       }
 
       let parsedResponse;