1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts b/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
index 114cc49b6..bb410e891 100644
--- a/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
+++ b/server/controllers/api/plugins.ts
@@ -180,5 +180,11 @@ async function listAvailablePlugins (req: express.Request, res: express.Response
 
   const resultList = await listAvailablePluginsFromIndex(query)
 
+  if (!resultList) {
+    return res.status(503)
+      .json({ error: 'Plugin index unavailable. Please retry later' })
+      .end()
+  }
+
   return res.json(resultList)
 }