diff --git a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
index 3cea76bb..fa544a82 100644
--- a/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
+++ b/enabler/src/de/schildbach/pte/AbstractEfaProvider.java
@@ -285,14 +285,17 @@ public abstract class AbstractEfaProvider extends AbstractNetworkProvider
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				final JSONArray messages = stopFinder.getJSONArray("message");
-				for (int i = 0; i < messages.length(); i++)
+				final JSONArray messages = stopFinder.optJSONArray("message");
+				if (messages != null)
 				{
-					final JSONObject message = messages.optJSONObject(i);
-					final String messageName = message.getString("name");
-					final String messageValue = Strings.emptyToNull(message.getString("value"));
-					if ("code".equals(messageName) && !"-8011".equals(messageValue))
-						return new SuggestLocationsResult(header, SuggestLocationsResult.Status.SERVICE_DOWN);
+					for (int i = 0; i < messages.length(); i++)
+					{
+						final JSONObject message = messages.optJSONObject(i);
+						final String messageName = message.getString("name");
+						final String messageValue = Strings.emptyToNull(message.getString("value"));
+						if ("code".equals(messageName) && !"-8011".equals(messageValue))
+							return new SuggestLocationsResult(header, SuggestLocationsResult.Status.SERVICE_DOWN);
+					}
 				}
 
 				final JSONObject points = stopFinder.optJSONObject("points");