diff --git a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
index 72f08ec8b4d07022630fd02e36c721ef1758a9d2..51196884f1fa95aa22fc7f1ebe1213e8d0921848 100644
--- a/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
+++ b/LTA/LTAIngest/LTAIngestServer/LTAIngestAdminServer/lib/ingestjobmanagementserver.py
@@ -1045,7 +1045,6 @@ Total Files: %(total)i
         done_group_jobs = [jad['job'] for jad in done_group_jads]
         submitters = [j['Submitter'] for j in done_group_jobs if 'Submitter' in j]
         extra_mail_addresses = [j['email'] for j in done_group_jobs if 'email' in j]
-        extra_mail_addresses_error_msg = None
 
         try:
             if len(unfinished_group_jads) == 0:
@@ -1063,10 +1062,14 @@ Total Files: %(total)i
                         extra_mail_addresses.append(project_details['pi_email'])
                     if project_details and 'author_email' in project_details:
                         extra_mail_addresses.append(project_details['author_email'])
+
+            if not extra_mail_addresses:
+                report += '\n\nCould not find any PI\'s/Contact-author\'s email address in MoM to sent this email to.'
+
         except Exception as e:
-            extra_mail_addresses_error_msg = 'error while trying to get PI\'s/Contact-author\'s email address for %s: %s' % (job_group_id, e)
-            logger.error(extra_mail_addresses_error_msg)
-            report += '\n\n' + extra_mail_addresses_error_msg
+            msg = 'error while trying to get PI\'s/Contact-author\'s email address for %s: %s' % (job_group_id, e)
+            logger.error(msg)
+            report += '\n\n' + msg
 
         # submitters might contain comma seperated strings
         # join all sumbitterstrings in one long csv string, split it, and get the unique submitters