diff --git a/notifications_client.py b/notifications_client.py
index c93f27e6a..130074d4f 100644
--- a/notifications_client.py
+++ b/notifications_client.py
@@ -329,6 +329,8 @@ def _getSpeakerJsonFromIndex(boxName: str, index: int) -> {}:
                      publishedYear + '/' +
                      publishedMonth + '/' +
                      indexList[index])
+    if not os.path.isfile(speakerJsonFilename):
+        return None
     return loadJson(speakerJsonFilename)
 
 
@@ -441,8 +443,6 @@ def _showLocalBox(boxName: str,
             content += ' '
         if speakerJson.get('detectedLinks'):
             if len(speakerJson['detectedLinks']) > 0:
-                print("speakerJson['detectedLinks']: " +
-                      str(speakerJson['detectedLinks']))
                 content = '🔗' + content
         content = (content[:40]) if len(content) > 40 else content
         print(indent + str(posStr) + ' | ' + str(name) + ' | ' +