diff --git a/lib/vmfloaty/http.rb b/lib/vmfloaty/http.rb
index 2750cbb..22fb874 100644
--- a/lib/vmfloaty/http.rb
+++ b/lib/vmfloaty/http.rb
@@ -2,6 +2,11 @@ require 'faraday'
 
 class Http
   def self.get_conn(verbose, url)
+    if url.nil?
+      STDERR.puts "The url you provided was empty"
+      exit 1
+    end
+
     conn = Faraday.new(:url => url) do |faraday|
       faraday.request :url_encoded
       faraday.response :logger if verbose