diff --git a/api/handlers/slack.ts b/api/handlers/slack.ts
index 83d42c086..51dc4e686 100644
--- a/api/handlers/slack.ts
+++ b/api/handlers/slack.ts
@@ -23,45 +23,47 @@ export async function buildEntitledGroupsList(entitlement: any, repoBranchesRepo
   const repoOptions: any[] = [];
   for (const repo of entitlement.repos) {
     const [repoOwner, repoName, directoryPath] = repo.split('/');
-
     const branches = await repoBranchesRepository.getRepoBranches(repoName, directoryPath);
-    const options: any[] = [];
-    for (const branch of branches) {
-      const buildWithSnooty = branch['buildsWithSnooty'];
-      if (buildWithSnooty) {
-        const active = branch['active'];
-        const branchName = `${directoryPath ? `${directoryPath}/` : ''}${branch['gitBranchName']}`;
-        const repoPath = `${repoOwner}/${repoName}/${branchName}`;
-        let txt: string;
-        if (!active) {
-          txt = `(!inactive) ${repoPath}`;
-        } else {
-          txt = repoPath;
+
+    if (branches.length) {
+      const options: any[] = [];
+      for (const branch of branches) {
+        const buildWithSnooty = branch['buildsWithSnooty'];
+        if (buildWithSnooty) {
+          const active = branch['active'];
+          const branchName = `${directoryPath ? `${directoryPath}/` : ''}${branch['gitBranchName']}`;
+          const repoPath = `${repoOwner}/${repoName}/${branchName}`;
+          let txt: string;
+          if (!active) {
+            txt = `(!inactive) ${repoPath}`;
+          } else {
+            txt = repoPath;
+          }
+          options.push({
+            text: {
+              type: 'plain_text',
+              text: txt,
+            },
+            value: repoPath,
+          });
         }
-        options.push({
-          text: {
-            type: 'plain_text',
-            text: txt,
-          },
-          value: repoPath,
-        });
       }
-    }
 
-    const repoOption = {
-      label: {
-        type: 'plain_text',
-        text: repoName,
-      },
-      //sort the options by version number
-      options: options.sort((branchOne, branchTwo) =>
-        branchTwo.text.text
-          .toString()
-          .replace(/\d+/g, (n) => +n + 100000)
-          .localeCompare(branchOne.text.text.toString().replace(/\d+/g, (n) => +n + 100000))
-      ),
-    };
-    repoOptions.push(repoOption);
+      const repoOption = {
+        label: {
+          type: 'plain_text',
+          text: repoName,
+        },
+        //sort the options by version number
+        options: options.sort((branchOne, branchTwo) =>
+          branchTwo.text.text
+            .toString()
+            .replace(/\d+/g, (n) => +n + 100000)
+            .localeCompare(branchOne.text.text.toString().replace(/\d+/g, (n) => +n + 100000))
+        ),
+      };
+      repoOptions.push(repoOption);
+    }
   }
   return repoOptions.sort((repoOne, repoTwo) => repoOne.label.text.localeCompare(repoTwo.label.text));
 }