diff --git a/report/report.go b/report/report.go
index 5af4b95e..57f7cd6e 100644
--- a/report/report.go
+++ b/report/report.go
@@ -188,6 +188,9 @@ func FillWithOval(r *models.ScanResult) (err error) {
 	case c.ServerTypePseudo:
 		return nil
 	default:
+		if r.Family == "" {
+			return fmt.Errorf("Probably an error occurred during scanning. Check the error message")
+		}
 		return fmt.Errorf("OVAL for %s is not implemented yet", r.Family)
 	}