diff --git a/controllers/nodeHttpController.go b/controllers/nodeHttpController.go
index 03258f27..aa170657 100644
--- a/controllers/nodeHttpController.go
+++ b/controllers/nodeHttpController.go
@@ -294,6 +294,9 @@ func GetNetworkNodes(network string) ([]models.Node, error) {
 	var nodes []models.Node
 	collection, err := database.FetchRecords(database.NODES_TABLE_NAME)
 	if err != nil {
+		if database.IsEmptyRecord(err) {
+			return []models.Node{}, nil
+		}
 		return nodes, err
 	}
 	for _, value := range collection {
diff --git a/models/node.go b/models/node.go
index d6d09665..6b4108f8 100644
--- a/models/node.go
+++ b/models/node.go
@@ -418,6 +418,9 @@ func GetAllNodes() ([]Node, error) {
 
 	collection, err := database.FetchRecords(database.NODES_TABLE_NAME)
 	if err != nil {
+		if database.IsEmptyRecord(err) {
+			return []Node{}, nil
+		}
 		return []Node{}, err
 	}