diff --git a/src/internal/pollOutstandingScans.ts b/src/internal/pollOutstandingScans.ts
index d43ccf4..cb2f831 100644
--- a/src/internal/pollOutstandingScans.ts
+++ b/src/internal/pollOutstandingScans.ts
@@ -28,6 +28,13 @@ export const pollOutstandingScans = async ({ request, reply }) => {
                 failedJobs.push(job.job_id)
             }
             else if (['completed'].includes(status)) {
+                if(result == "null"){ // if result is complete but the data is empty, set processing to false;
+                    await db.query({
+                        text: `UPDATE "scans" SET "processing"=FALSE, "results"=$1 WHERE "job_id"=$2`,
+                        values: [result, job.job_id],
+                    });
+                    continue;
+                }
                 const nodeIds = await ingestScanData( db, result, job.job_id, job.url_id, job.user_id );
                 processedJobs.push(nodeIds);
             }