diff --git a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
index dcca887..7ced590 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
+++ b/tubearchivist/home/tasks.py
@@ -228,6 +228,10 @@ def index_channel_playlists(channel_id):
     channel_handler = YoutubeChannel(channel_id)
     all_playlists = channel_handler.get_all_playlists()
 
+    if not all_playlists:
+        print(f"no playlists found for channel {channel_id}")
+        return
+
     all_indexed = PendingList().get_all_indexed()
     all_youtube_ids = [i["youtube_id"] for i in all_indexed]
 
@@ -255,3 +259,5 @@ def index_channel_playlists(channel_id):
         handler = ThumbManager()
         missing_playlists = handler.get_missing_playlists()
         handler.download_playlist(missing_playlists)
+
+    return
diff --git a/tubearchivist/static/script.js b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
index 00bc5cd..5dc7e4b 100644
--- a/tubearchivist/static/script.js
+++ b/tubearchivist/static/script.js
@@ -224,9 +224,7 @@ function findPlaylists(button) {
     // clear button
     var message = document.createElement('p');
     message.innerText = 'Scraping for playlists in progress';
-    var toReplace = document.getElementById('find-playlists-button');
-    toReplace.innerHTML = '';
-    toReplace.appendChild(message);
+    document.getElementById("find-playlists-button").replaceWith(message);
 }
 
 // delete from file system