diff --git a/back/api.py b/back/api.py
index 6cf0d11..fb7488b 100644
--- a/back/api.py
+++ b/back/api.py
@@ -191,6 +191,8 @@ def add_points(user_id: int, db: Annotated[Session, Depends(utils.get_db)]):
 @app.get("/api/user/poem", response_model=schemas.Poem) # пока не работает
 def poems_to_front(db: Annotated[Session, Depends(utils.get_db)]): # db: Annotated[Session, Depends(utils.get_db)] 
     num_of_poems = db.query(models.Poems).count()  # определяем кол-во стихов в бд
+    if num_of_poems < 1:
+        raise HTTPException(status_code=404, detail="Poems not found")
     rand_id = random.randint(1, num_of_poems)  # генерируем номер стихотворения
     poem = db.query(models.Poems).filter(models.Poems.id == rand_id).first() # находим стих в бд
     if not poem: