Unable to download via board manager but can access via the web

Error downloading https://downloads.arduino.cc/packages/package_index.json
WARNING: Error loading hardware folder C:\Users\jgoodall\Documents\Arduino\hardware\esp8266com
  No valid hardware definitions found in folder esp8266com.
Exception in thread "AWT-EventQueue-0" java.lang.NullPointerException
	at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionIndexTableModel.lambda$updateContributions$1(ContributionIndexTableModel.java:90)
	at java.util.TimSort.binarySort(TimSort.java:296)
	at java.util.TimSort.sort(TimSort.java:221)
	at java.util.Arrays.sort(Arrays.java:1512)
	at java.util.ArrayList.sort(ArrayList.java:1462)
	at java.util.Collections.sort(Collections.java:175)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionIndexTableModel.updateContributions(ContributionIndexTableModel.java:89)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ui.ContributionIndexTableModel.updateIndexFilter(ContributionIndexTableModel.java:58)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.ui.InstallerJDialog.updateIndexFilter(InstallerJDialog.java:293)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.ui.InstallerJDialog$1.onFilter(InstallerJDialog.java:133)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.ui.FilterJTextField.applyFilter(FilterJTextField.java:113)
	at cc.arduino.contributions.ui.FilterJTextField.lambda$new$0(FilterJTextField.java:53)
	at javax.swing.Timer.fireActionPerformed(Timer.java:313)
	at javax.swing.Timer$DoPostEvent.run(Timer.java:245)
	at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(InvocationEvent.java:311)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:758)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:728)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:109)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$2.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:190)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:235)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport$4.run(WaitDispatchSupport.java:233)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.awt.WaitDispatchSupport.enter(WaitDispatchSupport.java:233)
	at java.awt.Dialog.show(Dialog.java:1084)
	at java.awt.Component.show(Component.java:1671)
	at java.awt.Component.setVisible(Component.java:1623)
	at java.awt.Window.setVisible(Window.java:1014)
	at java.awt.Dialog.setVisible(Dialog.java:1005)
	at processing.app.Base.openBoardsManager(Base.java:1423)
	at processing.app.Base$10.actionPerformed(Base.java:1451)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.fireActionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2022)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton$Handler.actionPerformed(AbstractButton.java:2348)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.fireActionPerformed(DefaultButtonModel.java:402)
	at javax.swing.DefaultButtonModel.setPressed(DefaultButtonModel.java:259)
	at javax.swing.AbstractButton.doClick(AbstractButton.java:376)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI.doClick(BasicMenuItemUI.java:842)
	at javax.swing.plaf.basic.BasicMenuItemUI$Handler.mouseReleased(BasicMenuItemUI.java:886)
	at java.awt.Component.processMouseEvent(Component.java:6539)
	at javax.swing.JComponent.processMouseEvent(JComponent.java:3324)
	at java.awt.Component.processEvent(Component.java:6304)
	at java.awt.Container.processEvent(Container.java:2239)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEventImpl(Component.java:4889)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2297)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.retargetMouseEvent(Container.java:4904)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.processMouseEvent(Container.java:4535)
	at java.awt.LightweightDispatcher.dispatchEvent(Container.java:4476)
	at java.awt.Container.dispatchEventImpl(Container.java:2283)
	at java.awt.Window.dispatchEventImpl(Window.java:2746)
	at java.awt.Component.dispatchEvent(Component.java:4711)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(EventQueue.java:760)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.access$500(EventQueue.java:97)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:709)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(EventQueue.java:703)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:84)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:733)
	at java.awt.EventQueue$4.run(EventQueue.java:731)
	at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
	at java.security.ProtectionDomain$JavaSecurityAccessImpl.doIntersectionPrivilege(ProtectionDomain.java:74)
	at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(EventQueue.java:730)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(EventDispatchThread.java:205)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(EventDispatchThread.java:116)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(EventDispatchThread.java:105)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:101)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(EventDispatchThread.java:93)
	at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(EventDispatchThread.java:82)
WARNING: Error loading hardware folder C:\Users\jgoodall\Documents\Arduino\hardware\esp8266com
  No valid hardware definitions found in folder esp8266com.