diff --git a/youtube-rss b/youtube-rss
index 71b290a..afdd0f3 100755
--- a/youtube-rss
+++ b/youtube-rss
@@ -8,6 +8,11 @@ set -e
 playlistJSON=`youtube-dl "$playlistURL" --flat-playlist -J --playlist-end "$noItems"`
 uploader=`echo "$playlistJSON" | jq -r '.uploader'`
 
+if [ "$uploader" = "null" ]; then
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+
 echo "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
 <rss version=\"2.0\" xmlns:content=\"http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/\">
 <channel>