diff --git a/upload-releases.sh b/upload-releases.sh
index af4e50a6..7239ab3c 100755
--- a/upload-releases.sh
+++ b/upload-releases.sh
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ VERSION=$(cat VERSION)
 echo "Grabbing Release Data From:"  "https://git.openprivacy.ca/api/v1/repos/$DRONE_REPO/releases/tags/$VERSION"
 RELEASEID=$(curl -s -X 'GET' "https://git.openprivacy.ca/api/v1/repos/$DRONE_REPO/releases/tags/$VERSION" -H 'accept: application/json' | jq '.id')
 echo $RELEASEID
+if [ "$RELEASEID" = "null" ]; then
+    # $var is empty
+    exit 1
+fi
+
 
 URL="$PLUGIN_GOGS_URL/api/v1/repos/$DRONE_REPO/releases/$RELEASEID/assets?name=$1"
 FILE="@$1"