diff --git a/mat2 b/mat2
index 272cd8f65183a02dcd3574fc7703ffe9400146eb..a49b1106e62c1b24b31bc54f4f95e1ace737e1bc 100755
--- a/mat2
+++ b/mat2
@@ -63,7 +63,12 @@ def show_meta(filename: str):
         return
 
     print("[+] Metadata for %s:" % filename)
-    for k, v in p.get_meta().items():
+    meta = p.get_meta().items()
+    if not meta:
+        print("  No metadata found")
+        return
+
+    for k, v in meta:
         try:  # FIXME this is ugly.
             print("  %s: %s" % (k, v))
         except UnicodeEncodeError:
diff --git a/tests/test_climat2.py b/tests/test_climat2.py
index a1f141c28834fe8eb4244082123ade6d891d2096..9bb4ba373e8fea0688713efb6b47c2de760a072b 100644
--- a/tests/test_climat2.py
+++ b/tests/test_climat2.py
@@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ class TestCleanFolder(unittest.TestCase):
                 stdout=subprocess.PIPE)
         stdout, _ = proc.communicate()
         self.assertNotIn(b'Comment: Created with GIMP', stdout)
+        self.assertIn(b'No metadata found', stdout)
 
         shutil.rmtree('./tests/data/folder/')