diff --git a/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner b/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
index 8d4dac1873e7738ca04ad3ffdb23085cfcbf303e..f934b1f73b614ec7b8131956b206ff83b85c40e3 100755
--- a/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
+++ b/banner/luasrc/usr/sbin/ffnw-banner
@@ -18,6 +18,9 @@ infoHeader["revision"] = ""
 infoHeader["gluonVersion"] = ""
 infoHeader["gluonRelease"] = ""
 infoHeader["hoodname"] = uci:get('hoodselector', 'hoodselector', 'hood')
+if infoHeader["hoodname"] == nil then
+  infoHeader["hoodname"] = ""
+end
 
 if openwrtRelease~=nil then
   for line in openwrtRelease:lines() do