diff --git a/app/app.py b/app/app.py
index fc13958..a25477b 100644
--- a/app/app.py
+++ b/app/app.py
@@ -501,9 +501,9 @@ def create_app(args):
                     )
                 else:
                     return jsonify(
-                         {
+                          {
                             "translatedText": results
-                         }
+                          }
                     )
             else:
                 translator = src_langs[0].get_translation(tgt_lang)
diff --git a/app/language.py b/app/language.py
index a19ad2f..3850722 100644
--- a/app/language.py
+++ b/app/language.py
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ def detect_languages(text):
 def improve_translation_formatting(source, translation, improve_punctuation=True):
     source = source.strip()
 
-    if not len(source):
+    if not len(source) or not len(translation):
         return ""
-
+    
     if improve_punctuation:
         source_last_char = source[len(source) - 1]
         translation_last_char = translation[len(translation) - 1]