diff --git a/depicts/wd_catalog.py b/depicts/wd_catalog.py
index 4ece4ea..5b2fe7b 100644
--- a/depicts/wd_catalog.py
+++ b/depicts/wd_catalog.py
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ def check_catalog(entity, catalog):
             html = get_catalog_page(property_id, value)
         except (requests.exceptions.ConnectionError, requests.exceptions.SSLError):
             continue  # ignore this error
+        if not html:
+            continue
         description = get_description_from_page(html)
         if not description:
             continue