diff --git a/app/views/projects/index.html.haml b/app/views/projects/index.html.haml
index 22af6b75..888a72b6 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/index.html.haml
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
-%div{:class => "tile", :style => view_mode_style("tile")}
-  = render "tile"
-%div{:class => "list", :style => view_mode_style("list")}
-  = render "list"
+- unless @projects.empty?
+  %div{:class => "tile", :style => view_mode_style("tile")}
+    = render "tile"
+  %div{:class => "list", :style => view_mode_style("list")}
+    = render "list"
+- else 
+  %center.prepend-top
+    %h2
+      %cite Nothing here