diff --git a/youtube-rss b/youtube-rss
index afdd0f3..523bf45 100755
--- a/youtube-rss
+++ b/youtube-rss
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ set -e
 
 playlistJSON=`youtube-dl "$playlistURL" --flat-playlist -J --playlist-end "$noItems"`
 uploader=`echo "$playlistJSON" | jq -r '.uploader'`
+entries=`echo "$playlistJSON" | jq -r '.entries[] | .url + " " + .title'`
 
-if [ "$uploader" = "null" ]; then
+if [ "$entries" = "null" ] || [ "$entries" = "" ]; then
   exit 1
 fi
 
@@ -21,7 +22,7 @@ echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
 <description><![CDATA[ $uploader ]]></description>
 "
 
-entries=`echo "$playlistJSON" | jq -r '.entries[] | .url + " " + .title'`
+
 
 pubdate=`date --rfc-email`