diff --git a/app/utils.py b/app/utils.py
index 1d924fbd8b862209024fe18550e0899fe0b1a055..6dc8d715c62d7b8e456ccd478ecb04a4dfb4e98a 100644
--- a/app/utils.py
+++ b/app/utils.py
@@ -111,7 +111,10 @@ def attribute_to_string(value):
     :returns: string
     """
     if isinstance(value, list):
-        return value[0]
+        try:
+            return value[0]
+        except IndexError:
+            return ""
     else:
         return value