diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d53fd3d..bf5988a 100755
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ with `YourApiKeyToken` is your provided API key token from EtherScan.io
 To install the package to your computer, simply run the following command in the base directory:
 
     python3 -m pip install py-etherscan-api
+    python3 setup.py install --prefix=/usr/local
 
 ## Available bindings
 
diff --git a/etherscan/accounts.py b/etherscan/accounts.py
index 2bf7177..8552479 100755
--- a/etherscan/accounts.py
+++ b/etherscan/accounts.py
@@ -72,7 +72,10 @@ def get_transaction_page(self, page=1, offset=10000, sort='asc',
         self.url_dict[self.OFFSET] = str(offset)
         self.url_dict[self.SORT] = sort
         self.build_url()
-        req = self.connect()
+        try:
+            req = self.connect()
+        except EmptyResponse:
+            req = {'result': []}
         return req['result']
 
     def get_all_transactions(self, offset=10000, sort='asc',
diff --git a/etherscan/client.py b/etherscan/client.py
index 0802433..ab03857 100755
--- a/etherscan/client.py
+++ b/etherscan/client.py
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ def connect(self):
             # Check for empty response
             if req.text:
                 data = req.json()
-                status = data.get('status')
-                if status == '1' or self.check_keys_api(data):
-                    return data
-                else:
-                    raise EmptyResponse(data.get('message', 'no message'))
+                # status = data.get('status')
+                # if status == '1' or self.check_keys_api(data):
+                return data
+            else:
+                raise EmptyResponse('no message')
         raise BadRequest(
             "Problem with connection, status code: %s" % req.status_code)