diff --git a/smash/views.py b/smash/views.py
index 3156d33..f01fd39 100644
--- a/smash/views.py
+++ b/smash/views.py
@@ -51,15 +51,22 @@ def login_page():
 def latest():
     quotes = Quote.query.filter_by(approved=True).order_by(Quote.id.desc()).all()
 
-    # Replace line breaks with html breaks and escape special characters
-    for quote in quotes:
-        quote.content = str(Markup.escape(quote.content)).replace('\n', '</br>')
+    if len(quotes)>0:
+        # Replace line breaks with html breaks and escape special characters
+        for quote in quotes:
+            quote.content = str(Markup.escape(quote.content)).replace('\n', '</br>')
 
-    return render_template(
-        "latest.html",
-        title="Latest",
-        quotes=quotes
-    )
+        return render_template(
+            "latest.html",
+            title="Latest",
+            quotes=quotes
+        )
+    else:
+        return render_template(
+            "message.html",
+            alertclass="alert-warning",
+            message="No quotes in the database. "
+        )
 
 
 @app.route('/queue')