diff --git a/google/refine/refine.py b/google/refine/refine.py
index e943d1f..7e21ea5 100644
--- a/google/refine/refine.py
+++ b/google/refine/refine.py
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ class RefineServer(object):
         """Open a Refine URL, optionally POST data, and return parsed JSON."""
         response = json.loads(self.urlopen(*args, **kwargs).read())
         if 'code' in response and response['code'] not in ('ok', 'pending'):
+            if 'Missing or invalid csrf_token parameter' == response['message']:
+                self.get_csrf_token()
+                response = json.loads(self.urlopen(*args, **kwargs).read())
+                return response
             error_message = ('server ' + response['code'] + ': ' +
                              response.get('message', response.get('stack', response)))
             raise Exception(error_message)