diff --git a/cleanup.py b/cleanup.py
index 2527f2c..662cea5 100644
--- a/cleanup.py
+++ b/cleanup.py
@@ -157,6 +157,11 @@ class CollectorAgent:
 	def getAllAssociated(self,artist):
 		return self.rules_include.get(artist,[])
 		
+	# this function is there to check for artists that we should include in the database even though they never have any scrobble. important to avoid bugs when
+	# countas rules are declared preemptively
+	def getAllArtists(self):
+		return list(set([a for a in self.rules_countas] + [self.rules_countas[a] for a in self.rules_countas]))
+		
 		
 		
 		
diff --git a/database.py b/database.py
index 4adb4bf..d3eb14a 100644
--- a/database.py
+++ b/database.py
@@ -596,6 +596,11 @@ def build_db():
 			
 	SCROBBLES.sort(key = lambda tup: tup[1])
 	
+	# get extra artists with zero scrobbles from countas rules
+	for artist in coa.getAllArtists():
+		if artist not in ARTISTS:
+			ARTISTS.append(artist)
+	
 	coa.updateIDs(ARTISTS)
 			
 	global db_rulestate
diff --git a/website/artist.py b/website/artist.py
index 995a81e..596b1a6 100644
--- a/website/artist.py
+++ b/website/artist.py
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ def replacedict(keys,dbport):
 	response = urllib.request.urlopen("http://localhost:" + str(dbport) + "/charts/tracks?artist=" + urllib.parse.quote(keys["artist"]))
 	db_data = json.loads(response.read())
 	
-	maxbar = db_data["list"][0]["scrobbles"]
+	if db_data["list"] != []: maxbar = db_data["list"][0]["scrobbles"]
 	html = "<table class='list'>"
 	for e in db_data["list"]:
 		html += "<tr>"