diff --git a/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java b/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
index 11107bf..c2fa1d7 100644
--- a/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
+++ b/src/main/java/writer2latex/rdf/DocumentStructure.java
@@ -123,8 +123,11 @@ public class DocumentStructure {
 	private Resource createExcerpt(DocumentPart docExcerpt) {
 		String name = TS + EXCERPT + "/" + PARSERNAME + "_" + documentID + docExcerpt.getSafePath();
 		Resource excerpt = m.createIndividual(name, excerptClass);
-		Property htmlExcerpt = m.createProperty(TS + "htmlExcerpt");
-		excerpt.addLiteral(htmlExcerpt, docExcerpt.getBody());
+		if (!docExcerpt.getBody().isEmpty()) {
+			Property htmlExcerpt = m.createProperty(TS + "htmlExcerpt");
+			excerpt.addLiteral(htmlExcerpt, docExcerpt.getBody());	
+		}
+		
 
 		return excerpt;
 	}