diff --git a/do_status.py b/do_status.py
index fd57891..b138a8e 100644
--- a/do_status.py
+++ b/do_status.py
@@ -12,6 +12,6 @@ with open("status.json") as f:
 mc = mcstatus.MinecraftServer("mc.bhh.sh",25565)
 status["online"], stats = online(mc)
 status["players"] = stats.raw["players"]
-status["players"]["sample"] = [x["name"] for x in status["players"]["sample"]]
+if "sample" in status["players"]: status["players"]["sample"] = [x["name"] for x in status["players"]["sample"]]
 with open("status.json","w") as f:
 	json.dump(status,f)