diff --git a/public/js/extra.js b/public/js/extra.js
index 614335284..0f67f8fb2 100644
--- a/public/js/extra.js
+++ b/public/js/extra.js
@@ -343,6 +343,7 @@ function finishView(view) {
             var $ele = $(value).parent().parent();
 
             var graphviz = Viz($value.text());
+            if (!graphviz) throw Error('viz.js output empty graph');
             $value.html(graphviz);
 
             $ele.addClass('graphviz');