diff --git a/data/conf/rspamd/lua/rspamd.local.lua b/data/conf/rspamd/lua/rspamd.local.lua
index c255ea8a..459b2339 100644
--- a/data/conf/rspamd/lua/rspamd.local.lua
+++ b/data/conf/rspamd/lua/rspamd.local.lua
@@ -564,7 +564,7 @@ rspamd_config:register_symbol({
         else
           local footer = parser:get_object()
 
-          if footer and type(footer) == "table" and (footer.html or footer.plain) then
+          if footer and type(footer) == "table" and (footer.html and footer.html ~= "" or footer.plain and footer.plain ~= "")  then
             rspamd_logger.infox(rspamd_config, "found domain wide footer for user %s: html=%s, plain=%s", uname, footer.html, footer.plain)
 
             local envfrom_mime = task:get_from(2)