diff --git a/recommendation_engine.py b/recommendation_engine.py
index 2f1beb9..cf8cbc0 100644
--- a/recommendation_engine.py
+++ b/recommendation_engine.py
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Engine:
 
     def get_videos(self, user):
 
-        if user.get('events', [])[0].get("event")=="login": 
+        if user.get('events', [{}])[0].get("event")=="login": 
             return self.get_recommendations(user) 
 
         channels = {k: v.get('value', 0) for k, v in self.state['channels'].items()}