diff --git a/admin/judges_sa.php b/admin/judges_sa.php
index d6f148d..3647f9a 100644
--- a/admin/judges_sa.php
+++ b/admin/judges_sa.php
@@ -519,6 +519,12 @@ foreach($judges as &$j) {
 TRACE("Loaded ".count($judges)." judges\n");
 $jteam[0]['max_judges'] = count($judges);
 
+if(count($judges)==0) {
+	echo "No judges available. Aborting!\n";
+	set_status("Error - no judges available...");
+	set_percent(0);
+	exit;
+}
 
 /* Load the numbers for any user-defined judge teams that already exist,
  * these numbers will be off-limits for auto-assigning numbers */