diff --git a/app/js/index.js b/app/js/index.js
index adde1097..dfe824f0 100644
--- a/app/js/index.js
+++ b/app/js/index.js
@@ -8,10 +8,14 @@
 
 	//events
 	ipcRenderer.on('fileList', (event, files) => {
-		$('.js-container').html(gitlit.templates.main({files: files}));
-		sorttable.makeSortable($('.js-filestable')[0]);
-		var myTH = document.getElementsByTagName("th")[0];
-		sorttable.innerSortFunction.apply(myTH, []);
+		if (files && files.length > 0) {
+			$('.js-container').html(gitlit.templates.main({files: files}));
+			sorttable.makeSortable($('.js-filestable')[0]);
+			var myTH = document.getElementsByTagName("th")[0];
+			sorttable.innerSortFunction.apply(myTH, []);
+		} else {
+			$('.js-container').html(gitlit.templates.noGitLfsFiles());
+		}
 	});
 
 	ipcRenderer.on('isNoGitLfsRepo', (event, repoDir) => {
diff --git a/app/js/templates.js b/app/js/templates.js
index 21d3a4c4..cb541974 100644
--- a/app/js/templates.js
+++ b/app/js/templates.js
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ gitlit.templates = {
 		<tr>
 			<th>file</th>
 			<th>status</th>
-			<th>action</th>
+			<th class="sorttable_nosort">action</th>
 		</tr>
 
 		<% files.forEach((file) => { %>
@@ -43,5 +43,10 @@ gitlit.templates = {
 		<div class="alert alert-danger">
 			<%= repoDir %> is not a git lfs repo.
 		</div>
+	`),
+	noGitLfsFiles: ejs.compile(`
+		<div class="alert alert-info">
+			no files tracked with lfs here.
+		</div>
 	`)
 };