diff --git a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/Instance.java b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/Instance.java
index b1cc26252..09aae3adc 100644
--- a/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/Instance.java
+++ b/mastodon/src/main/java/org/joinmastodon/android/model/Instance.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class Instance extends BaseModel{
 		ci.domain=uri;
 		ci.normalizedDomain=IDN.toUnicode(uri);
 		ci.description=Html.fromHtml(shortDescription).toString().trim();
-		if(languages!=null){
+		if(languages!=null && languages.size() > 0){
 			ci.language=languages.get(0);
 			ci.languages=languages;
 		}else{