diff --git a/slpkg/update_repository.py b/slpkg/update_repository.py
index e0fe24d4..526e7566 100644
--- a/slpkg/update_repository.py
+++ b/slpkg/update_repository.py
@@ -725,13 +725,16 @@ class UpdateRepository(Configs):
     @staticmethod
     def read_short_description(path: Path, name: str) -> str:
         """ Returns the short description. """
-        with open(Path(path, 'slack-desc'), 'r') as f:
-            slack = f.readlines()
+        slack_desc: Path = Path(path, 'slack-desc')
+        if slack_desc.is_file():
+            with open(slack_desc, 'r') as f:
+                slack = f.readlines()
 
-        for line in slack:
-            pattern: str = f'{name}: {name}'
-            if line.startswith(pattern):
-                return line[len(name) + 1:].strip()
+            for line in slack:
+                pattern: str = f'{name}: {name}'
+                if line.startswith(pattern):
+                    return line[len(name) + 1:].strip()
+        return ''
 
     @staticmethod
     def read_info_file(info_file: Path, start: str, stop: str) -> list: