diff --git a/addSO.py b/addSO.py
index b27a83d..9e544bf 100644
--- a/addSO.py
+++ b/addSO.py
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ def main():
     lineAdd = [{'ItemRef_FullName':'TACO:AA:TH-006AA', 'Quantity':5, 'Rate':1200}, {'ItemRef_FullName':'TACO:J_FC_NT:TH-807J','Other1':"my reftoother1", 'Quantity':1, }]
     # lineAdd = {'ItemRef_FullName':'Item123', 'Quantity':5, 'Rate':1200}#, {'ItemRef_FullName':'Item23A', 'Quantity':1, 'Rate':5500}
     data['SalesOrderLineAdd']=lineAdd
+	# {'requestID': '345', 'CustomerRef_FullName': '999 HPL', 'RefNumber':'Ref12345', 'TxnDate': "2024-09-01", 'IncludeRetElement': ['TxnID', 'EditSequence', 'CustomerRef', 'TemplateRef', 'TxnDate', 'RefNumber', 'TotalAmount', 'SalesOrderLineRet'], 'SalesOrderLineAdd': [{'ItemRef_FullName':'TACO:AA:TH-006AA', 'Quantity':5, 'Rate':1200}, {'ItemRef_FullName':'TACO:J_FC_NT:TH-807J','Other1':"my reftoother1", 'Quantity':1, }] }
     print("")
     print('this is the format to ADD SO or INV')
     pprint(data, sort_dicts=False)
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index a26ad7b..6006fd3 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -235,7 +235,11 @@ class baseQBQuery:
         if not self.runCheck():
             return None
         # return self.ListOfDict(None, self.varDict, self.retName).firstValue()
-        temp = self.ListOfDict(None, self.varDict, self.retName, self.includeRetElements_allowed, self.statusOk).firstValue()[self.retName]
+        temp = self.ListOfDict(None, self.varDict, self.retName, self.includeRetElements_allowed, self.statusOk).firstValue()
+        if temp:
+            temp = temp[self.retName]
+        else:
+            return {'status':"Error", 'statusCode': self.statusCode, 'statusMessage':self.statusMessage, 'statusSeverity': self.statusSeverity}
         if self.requestID:
             temp['requestID']=self.requestID
         # print(f'{temp = }')