diff --git a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
index 8f3b3ee3..9c892268 100755
--- a/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
+++ b/confluent_client/bin/nodelist
@@ -69,7 +69,8 @@ async def main():
             else:
                 elem=(res['item']['href'].replace('/', ''))
                 list.append(elem)
-        print(options.delim.join(list))
+        if list:
+            print(options.delim.join(list))
 
     sys.exit(exitcode)