diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/InternalPlottingException.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/InternalPlottingException.java
index e44b0d7..7a40207 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/InternalPlottingException.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/InternalPlottingException.java
@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@ public class InternalPlottingException extends Exception {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
 
+	public InternalPlottingException() {
+		super();
+	}
+
 	public InternalPlottingException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
 		super(message, cause);
 	}
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/NoDataPointsException.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/NoDataPointsException.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0e8850
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/NoDataPointsException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+package org.lucares.recommind.logs;
+
+public class NoDataPointsException extends InternalPlottingException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1054594230615520105L;
+
+	public NoDataPointsException() {
+		super();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
index aef514a..7f5725a 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
@@ -10,7 +10,9 @@ import java.nio.file.Files;
 import java.nio.file.LinkOption;
 import java.nio.file.Path;
 import java.nio.file.Paths;
+import java.time.Instant;
 import java.time.OffsetDateTime;
+import java.time.ZoneOffset;
 import java.time.format.DateTimeFormatter;
 import java.time.temporal.ChronoUnit;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -74,8 +76,8 @@ public class Plotter {
 
 			final Result result = db.get(query, groupBy);
 
-			OffsetDateTime maxDate = OffsetDateTime.MIN;
-			OffsetDateTime minDate = OffsetDateTime.MAX;
+			OffsetDateTime maxDate = OffsetDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(Long.MIN_VALUE), ZoneOffset.UTC);
+			OffsetDateTime minDate = OffsetDateTime.ofInstant(Instant.ofEpochMilli(Long.MAX_VALUE), ZoneOffset.UTC);
 
 			for (final GroupResult groupResult : result.getGroups()) {
 
@@ -94,6 +96,10 @@ public class Plotter {
 				}
 			}
 
+			if (dataSeries.isEmpty()) {
+				throw new NoDataPointsException();
+			}
+
 			sortAndLimit(dataSeries, plotSettings);
 
 			final File outputFile = File.createTempFile("out", ".png", outputDir.toFile());
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbController.java b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbController.java
index 6806005..94e14bd 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbController.java
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/java/org/lucares/pdbui/PdbController.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ import org.lucares.pdbui.domain.PlotRequest;
 import org.lucares.pdbui.domain.PlotResponse;
 import org.lucares.performance.db.CollectionUtils;
 import org.lucares.recommind.logs.InternalPlottingException;
+import org.lucares.recommind.logs.NoDataPointsException;
 import org.lucares.recommind.logs.Plotter;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -53,13 +54,17 @@ public class PdbController implements HardcodedValues, CollectionUtils {
 
 		final PlotSettings plotSettings = PlotSettingsTransformer.toSettings(request);
 
-		final File image = plotter.plot(plotSettings);
+		try {
+			final File image = plotter.plot(plotSettings);
 
-		final Path relativeImagePath = plotter.getOutputDir().relativize(image.toPath());
-		final String relativeImgUrl = relativeImagePath.toString().replace('\\', '/');
-		final String imageUrl = WEB_IMAGE_OUTPUT_PATH + "/" + relativeImgUrl;
-		LOGGER.trace("image url:  {}", imageUrl);
-		return new PlotResponse(imageUrl);
+			final Path relativeImagePath = plotter.getOutputDir().relativize(image.toPath());
+			final String relativeImgUrl = relativeImagePath.toString().replace('\\', '/');
+			final String imageUrl = WEB_IMAGE_OUTPUT_PATH + "/" + relativeImgUrl;
+			LOGGER.trace("image url:  {}", imageUrl);
+			return new PlotResponse(imageUrl);
+		} catch (final NoDataPointsException e) {
+			throw new NotFoundException(e);
+		}
 	}
 
 	@RequestMapping(path = "/autocomplete", //
diff --git a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/resources/js/search.js b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/resources/js/search.js
index a91c156..1ef5c75 100644
--- a/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/resources/js/search.js
+++ b/pdb-ui/src/main/resources/resources/js/search.js
@@ -99,7 +99,13 @@ function plot(event){
 		$('#result-view').html('<img src=\"'+response.imageUrls+'" />');
 	};
 	var error = function(e) {
-		$('#result-view').text("FAILED: " + JSON.stringify(e));
+		
+		if (e.status == 404){
+			$('#result-view').text("No data points found.");
+		}
+		else{
+			$('#result-view').text("FAILED: " + JSON.stringify(e));
+		}
 	};