diff --git a/scripts/automation/release.sh b/scripts/automation/release.sh
index 8debf56..a1c528e 100755
--- a/scripts/automation/release.sh
+++ b/scripts/automation/release.sh
@@ -2,6 +2,16 @@
 
 source config.env
 
+# If there is no catalog or markdown, then there is nothing to do
+COUNT_CATALOG_MD=$(ls -l md_catalogs | grep ^- | wc -l)
+COUNT_CATALOGS=$(ls -l catalogs | grep ^- | wc -l)
+let "INITIALIZED = $COUNT_CATALOG_MD + $COUNT_CATALOGS"
+if [ $INITIALIZED -eq 0 ]
+then
+	echo "no catalog or markdown, nothing to do"
+	exit 0
+fi
+
 version_tag=$(semantic-release print-version)
 echo "Bumping version of catalogs to ${version_tag}" 
 export VERSION_TAG="$version_tag"