diff --git a/oxweb/wikipedia.py b/oxweb/wikipedia.py
index 59fc2c3..36a838f 100644
--- a/oxweb/wikipedia.py
+++ b/oxweb/wikipedia.py
@@ -85,9 +85,10 @@ def find(query, max_results=10):
         data  = getUrl(url, timeout=0)
     result = simplejson.loads(data)
     results = []
-    for r in result['query']['search']:
-        title = r['title']
-        url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % title.replace(' ', '_')
-        results.append((title, url, ''))
+    if result:
+        for r in result['query']['search']:
+            title = r['title']
+            url = "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%s" % title.replace(' ', '_')
+            results.append((title, url, ''))
     return results