diff --git a/frappe/utils/selenium_testdriver.py b/frappe/utils/selenium_testdriver.py
index 3f3d82fe43..d0ebb35c69 100644
--- a/frappe/utils/selenium_testdriver.py
+++ b/frappe/utils/selenium_testdriver.py
@@ -140,7 +140,7 @@ class TestDriver(object):
 		for entry in self.driver.get_log('browser'):
 			source, line_no, message = entry.get('message').split(' ', 2)
 
-			if message[0] in ('"', "'"):
+			if message and message[0] in ('"', "'"):
 				# message is a quoted/escaped string
 				message = literal_eval(message)