diff --git a/spec/services/logstash_spec.rb b/spec/services/logstash_spec.rb
index d402660..34dfb14 100644
--- a/spec/services/logstash_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/services/logstash_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@
 
 describe "Checking service status for #{service}..." do
   pipelines = command("knife node show #{HOSTNAME} --attribute default.pipelines -F json").stdout.strip
+  pipelines = '{}' if pipelines == ''
   parsed_pipelines = JSON.parse(pipelines)
 
   if parsed_pipelines.empty? || parsed_pipelines.nil?