diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/contents.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/contents.py
index 663e4461d6a0..3250e6b9f9d9 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/contents.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/contents.py
@@ -82,7 +82,10 @@ def run(
             response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
             response.raise_for_status()
             data = response.json()
-            yield "results", data.get("results", [])
+            results = data.get("results", [])
+            if not results:
+                yield "error", "results are empty"
+            else:
+                yield "results", results
         except Exception as e:
             yield "error", str(e)
-            yield "results", []
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/search.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/search.py
index b11737de7474..ece5ffa7ea53 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/search.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/search.py
@@ -136,8 +136,10 @@ def run(
             response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
             response.raise_for_status()
             data = response.json()
-            # Extract just the results array from the response
-            yield "results", data.get("results", [])
+            results = data.get("results", [])
+            if not results:
+                yield "error", "results are empty"
+            else:
+                yield "results", results
         except Exception as e:
             yield "error", str(e)
-            yield "results", []
diff --git a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/similar.py b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/similar.py
index 78c0ad5dacf9..af930b46b43a 100644
--- a/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/similar.py
+++ b/autogpt_platform/backend/backend/blocks/exa/similar.py
@@ -122,7 +122,10 @@ def run(
             response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
             response.raise_for_status()
             data = response.json()
-            yield "results", data.get("results", [])
+            results = data.get("results", [])
+            if not results:
+                yield "error", "results are empty"
+            else:
+                yield "results", results
         except Exception as e:
             yield "error", str(e)
-            yield "results", []