diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index d53aba77..07c40b40 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -802,14 +802,22 @@ class SmartConnectionsPlugin extends Obsidian.Plugin {
           return "excluded";
         }
       }
-      // get from cache if mtime is same
+      // get from cache if mtime is same and values are not empty
       let current_note_embedding_values = [];
-      if((this.embeddings[current_note.path]) && (this.embeddings[current_note.path].mtime >= current_note.stat.mtime)) {
-        // log skipping file
+      if (!this.embeddings[current_note.path] 
+        || !(this.embeddings[current_note.path].mtime >= current_note.stat.mtime) 
+        || !this.embeddings[current_note.path].values 
+        || !Array.isArray(this.embeddings[current_note.path].values) 
+        || !(this.embeddings[current_note.path].values.length > 0)
+        ) {
+          // console.log("getting current")
+          await this.get_file_embeddings(current_note);
+        }else{
+        // skipping get file embeddings because nothing has changed
         //console.log("skipping file (mtime)");
-      }else{
-        // console.log("getting current")
-        await this.get_file_embeddings(current_note);
+      }
+      if(!this.embeddings[current_note.path] || !this.embeddings[current_note.path].values) {
+        return "Error getting embeddings for: "+current_note.path;
       }
       current_note_embedding_values = this.embeddings[current_note.path].values;
       
diff --git a/manifest.json b/manifest.json
index cfa75b57..16086ab1 100644
--- a/manifest.json
+++ b/manifest.json
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   "name": "Smart Connections",
   "author": "Brian Petro",
   "description": "Find links to similar notes using artificial intelligence from OpenAI.",
-  "version": "1.0.35",
+  "version": "1.0.36",
   "minAppVersion": "1.1.0",
   "authorUrl": "https://wfhbrian.com",
   "isDesktopOnly": true