diff --git a/src/main/java/de/jeyp91/apifootball/APIFootballUpdater.java b/src/main/java/de/jeyp91/apifootball/APIFootballUpdater.java
index 4e69d82..2337614 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/jeyp91/apifootball/APIFootballUpdater.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/jeyp91/apifootball/APIFootballUpdater.java
@@ -119,9 +119,14 @@ public class APIFootballUpdater {
 
     public void checkErrors(String requestUrl, String result) throws Exception {
         JSONObject resultObject = stringToJSONObject(result);
-        if(((JSONObject) resultObject.get("api")).containsKey("error")) {
+        boolean containsError = ((JSONObject) resultObject.get("api")).containsKey("error");
+        int results = Integer.parseInt(((JSONObject) resultObject.get("api")).get("results").toString());
+        if(containsError) {
             String errorMessage = ((JSONObject) resultObject.get("api")).get("error").toString();
             throw new Exception(requestUrl + " returned error: '" + errorMessage + "'");
+        } else if (results == 0) {
+            String statusMessage = ((JSONObject) resultObject.get("api")).get("status").toString();
+            throw new Exception(requestUrl + " did not have any results with status: '" + statusMessage + "'");
         }
     }