diff --git a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/data/remote/NullOnEmptyConverterFactory.java b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/data/remote/NullOnEmptyConverterFactory.java
index 58e3af7c..df2b31ba 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/data/remote/NullOnEmptyConverterFactory.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/org/apache/fineract/data/remote/NullOnEmptyConverterFactory.java
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 package org.apache.fineract.data.remote;
 
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 import java.lang.reflect.Type;
 
@@ -15,12 +14,9 @@ public class NullOnEmptyConverterFactory extends Converter.Factory {
             Retrofit retrofit) {
         final Converter<ResponseBody, ?> delegate = retrofit.nextResponseBodyConverter(this, type,
                 annotations);
-        return new Converter<ResponseBody, Object>() {
-            @Override
-            public Object convert(ResponseBody body) throws IOException {
-                if (body.contentLength() == 0) return null;
-                return delegate.convert(body);
-            }
+        return (Converter<ResponseBody, Object>) body -> {
+            if (body.contentLength() == 0) return null;
+            return delegate.convert(body);
         };
     }
 }