diff --git a/src/requests.rs b/src/requests.rs
index 83580eb..b60c6e6 100644
--- a/src/requests.rs
+++ b/src/requests.rs
@@ -151,7 +151,9 @@ pub async fn get_status(dashboard: Arc<Mutex<Dashboard>>) -> Result<(), anyhow::
         let mut data = dashboard.lock().unwrap();
 
         if resp2 != Value::Null {
-            data.kernel_mmr_size = resp2["result"]["Ok"]["header"]["kernel_mmr_size"].to_string();
+            if resp2["result"]["Ok"]["header"]["kernel_mmr_size"] != Value::Null {
+                data.kernel_mmr_size = resp2["result"]["Ok"]["header"]["kernel_mmr_size"].to_string();
+            }
         }
 
         if resp1["result"]["Ok"]["chain"] == Value::Null {
diff --git a/src/worker.rs b/src/worker.rs
index 75ab5d2..daf629b 100644
--- a/src/worker.rs
+++ b/src/worker.rs
@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ pub async fn stats(dash: Arc<Mutex<Dashboard>>, txns: Arc<Mutex<Transactions>>,
     stats.fees.push(txns.fees_24h.clone());
     stats.utxo_count.push(dash.utxo_count.clone());
 
-    let kernel_count = dash.kernel_mmr_size.parse::<u64>().unwrap() / 2;
-    stats.kernels.push(kernel_count.to_string());
+    if dash.kernel_mmr_size.is_empty() == false {
+        let kernel_count = dash.kernel_mmr_size.parse::<u64>().unwrap() / 2;
+        stats.kernels.push(kernel_count.to_string());
+    }
 
     Ok(())
 }