diff --git a/lib/json/JsonParser.cpp b/lib/json/JsonParser.cpp
index 8a4e3da80..320005b25 100644
--- a/lib/json/JsonParser.cpp
+++ b/lib/json/JsonParser.cpp
@@ -587,7 +587,7 @@ bool JsonParser::error(const std::string & message, bool warning)
 	std::ostringstream stream;
 	std::string type(warning ? " warning: " : " error: ");
 
-	if(errors != "")
+	if(!errors.empty())
 	{
 		// only add the line breaks between error messages so we don't have a trailing line break
 		stream << "\n";