diff -urN ../google_contacts.orig/google_contacts.php ./google_contacts.php
--- ../google_contacts.orig/google_contacts.php	2013-08-04 22:05:38.000000000 +0300
+++ ./google_contacts.php	2015-07-09 00:01:14.000000000 +0300
@@ -99,9 +99,16 @@
 			// perform login and set protocol version to 3.0
 			try {
 				$client = Zend_Gdata_ClientLogin::getHttpClient( $this->user, $this->pass, 'cp');
+if (!$client) {
+				$this->error = "couldn't create google http client to get google contacts";
+				write_log('google_contacts', $this->error);
+				if(method_exists($rcmail->output, 'show_message'))
+					$rcmail->output->show_message($this->error,'error'); 
+} else {
 				$client->setHeaders('If-Match: *');
 				$this->gdata = new Zend_Gdata($client);
 				$this->gdata->setMajorProtocolVersion(3);		
+}
 			} catch (Exception $e) {
 				$this->error = $e->getMessage();
 				write_log('google_contacts', $this->error);