diff --git a/rcgcdw.py b/rcgcdw.py
index dfae8bf..f06a312 100644
--- a/rcgcdw.py
+++ b/rcgcdw.py
@@ -716,6 +716,8 @@ def day_overview():  # time.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.000Z', time.gmtime(time.
 		admin = 0
 		changed_bytes = 0
 		new_articles = 0
+		if not result[0] and not settings["send_empty_overview"]:
+			return  # no changes in this day
 		for item in result[0]:
 			activity = add_to_dict(activity, item["user"])
 			hours = add_to_dict(hours, datetime.datetime.strptime(item["timestamp"], "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ").hour)
diff --git a/settings.json.example b/settings.json.example
index 611e305..c0c3c75 100644
--- a/settings.json.example
+++ b/settings.json.example
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@
    "show_updown_messages": true,
    "overview": false,
    "overview_time": "00:00",
+  "send_empty_overview": false,
    "license_regex_detect": "\\{\\{(license|lizenz|licence|copyright)",
    "license_regex": "\\{\\{(license|lizenz|licence|copyright)(\\ |\\|)(?P<license>.*?)\\}\\}",
    "wiki_bot_login": "",