diff --git a/api/ovdashboard_api/routers/v1/ticker.py b/api/ovdashboard_api/routers/v1/ticker.py
index ac90230..85cecf8 100644
--- a/api/ovdashboard_api/routers/v1/ticker.py
+++ b/api/ovdashboard_api/routers/v1/ticker.py
@@ -64,9 +64,13 @@ async def get_ticker_content_lines(
 async def get_ticker_content(
     ticker_content_lines: Iterator[str] = Depends(get_ticker_content_lines),
 ) -> str:
+    ticker_content_padded = ["", *ticker_content_lines, ""]
+    if len(ticker_content_padded) == 2:
+        return ""
+
     cfg = await Config.get()
     ticker_content = cfg.ticker.separator.join(
-        ["", *ticker_content_lines, ""],
+        ticker_content_padded,
     )
 
     return ticker_content.strip()