diff --git a/gateway_policy.tf b/gateway_policy.tf
index e7f5b5d..60f4215 100644
--- a/gateway_policy.tf
+++ b/gateway_policy.tf
@@ -60,7 +60,8 @@ locals {
   ads_domain_list_file =  fileset("${path.module}/lists/pihole_domain_list.txt", "*.txt")
 
   # Parse the file and create a list, one item per line
-  ads_domain_list = split("\n", file(local.ads_domain_list_file))
+  #ads_domain_list = split("\n", file(local.ads_domain_list_file))
+  ads_domain_list = length(local.ads_domain_list_file) > 0 ? split("\n", file(local.ads_domain_list_file)) : []
 
   # Remove empty lines
   ads_domain_list_clean = [for x in local.ads_domain_list : x if x != ""]