diff --git a/pyporter/pyporter.py b/pyporter/pyporter.py
index 7af31d5938bb3c496cdfb46c44eade32d8e33729..448fcdfef278d08aa49a5ac1cba124038d484d59 100755
--- a/pyporter/pyporter.py
+++ b/pyporter/pyporter.py
@@ -120,7 +120,8 @@ class PyPorter:
         return self.__json["info"]["version"]
 
     def get_summary(self):
-        return self.__json["info"]["summary"]
+        summary = self.__json["info"]["summary"]
+        return summary if summary else "please add a summary manually as the author left a blank one"
 
     def get_home(self):
         # try to get homepage from project_urls