diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 06613778..c4475214 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ This project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/).
   * Allow graceful failure with no files in jhuapl load functions
   * New window needs to be integer for calculate_imf_steadiness
   * Fixed a bug where cdas_download may drop the requested end date file
+  * Fixed a bug where cdas_list_remote_files errored without remote data
 * Documentation
   * Added example of how to export data for archival
   * Updated documentation refs
diff --git a/pysatNASA/instruments/methods/cdaweb.py b/pysatNASA/instruments/methods/cdaweb.py
index 5bd2261f..04d37c5e 100644
--- a/pysatNASA/instruments/methods/cdaweb.py
+++ b/pysatNASA/instruments/methods/cdaweb.py
@@ -981,7 +981,9 @@ def cdas_list_remote_files(tag='', inst_id='', start=None, stop=None,
 
     og_files = cdas.get_original_files(dataset=dataset, start=start, end=stop)
 
-    if series_out:
+    if og_files[1] is None:
+        file_list = pds.Series(dtype=str) if series_out else []
+    elif series_out:
         name_list = [os.path.basename(f['Name']) for f in og_files[1]]
         t_stamp = [pds.Timestamp(f['StartTime'][:10]) for f in og_files[1]]
         file_list = pds.Series(data=name_list, index=t_stamp)