diff --git a/src/src/example-synchronous.c b/src/src/example-synchronous.c
index 513a3112..1b3f130f 100644
--- a/src/src/example-synchronous.c
+++ b/src/src/example-synchronous.c
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ int main()
 		/* Be sure the search returned something */
 		uint32_t * this_error = NULL;
 		this_ret = getdns_dict_get_int(this_response, "status", this_error);  // Ignore any error
-		if (*this_error != GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_GOOD)  // If the search didn't return "good"
+		if (this_error && (*this_error != GETDNS_RESPSTATUS_GOOD))  // If the search didn't return "good"
 		{
 			fprintf(stderr, "The search had no results, and a return value of %d. Exiting.", *this_error);
 			return(GETDNS_RETURN_GENERIC_ERROR);
@@ -53,15 +53,17 @@ int main()
 		size_t * num_addresses_ptr = NULL;
 		this_ret = getdns_list_get_length(just_the_addresses_ptr, num_addresses_ptr);  // Ignore any error
 		/* Go through each record */
-		for ( size_t rec_count = 0; rec_count <= *num_addresses_ptr; ++rec_count )
-		{
-			struct getdns_dict * this_address;
-			this_ret = getdns_list_get_dict(just_the_addresses_ptr, rec_count, &this_address);  // Ignore any error
-			/* Just print the address */
-			struct getdns_bindata * this_address_data;
-			this_ret = getdns_dict_get_bindata(this_address, "address_data", &this_address_data); // Ignore any error
-			printf("The address is %s", getdns_display_ip_address(this_address_data));
-		}
+        if (num_addresses_ptr)  {
+            for ( size_t rec_count = 0; rec_count <= *num_addresses_ptr; ++rec_count )
+            {
+                struct getdns_dict * this_address;
+                this_ret = getdns_list_get_dict(just_the_addresses_ptr, rec_count, &this_address);  // Ignore any error
+                /* Just print the address */
+                struct getdns_bindata * this_address_data;
+                this_ret = getdns_dict_get_bindata(this_address, "address_data", &this_address_data); // Ignore any error
+                printf("The address is %s", getdns_display_ip_address(this_address_data));
+            }
+        }
 	}
 	/* Clean up */
 	getdns_context_destroy(this_context);