diff --git a/extensions/freebase/src/com/google/refine/freebase/model/recon/KeyBasedReconConfig.java b/extensions/freebase/src/com/google/refine/freebase/model/recon/KeyBasedReconConfig.java
index adf136b94..0a4847776 100644
--- a/extensions/freebase/src/com/google/refine/freebase/model/recon/KeyBasedReconConfig.java
+++ b/extensions/freebase/src/com/google/refine/freebase/model/recon/KeyBasedReconConfig.java
@@ -178,36 +178,38 @@ public class KeyBasedReconConfig extends StrictReconConfig {
             try {
                 String s = ParsingUtilities.inputStreamToString(is);
                 JSONObject o = ParsingUtilities.evaluateJsonStringToObject(s);
-                JSONArray results = o.getJSONArray("result");
-                int count = results.length();
-                
-                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
-                    JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);
-                    
-                    String key = result.getJSONArray("key").getJSONObject(0).getString("value");
-                    
-                    JSONArray types = result.getJSONArray("type");
-                    String[] typeIDs = new String[types.length()];
-                    for (int j = 0; j < typeIDs.length; j++) {
-                        typeIDs[j] = types.getString(j);
-                    }
-                    
-                    ReconCandidate candidate = new ReconCandidate(
-                        result.getString("id"),
-                        result.getString("name"),
-                        typeIDs,
-                        100
-                    );
-                    
-                    Recon recon = Recon.makeFreebaseRecon(historyEntryID);
-                    recon.addCandidate(candidate);
-                    recon.service = "mql";
-                    recon.judgment = Judgment.Matched;
-                    recon.judgmentAction = "auto";
-                    recon.match = candidate;
-                    recon.matchRank = 0;
-                    
-                    keyToRecon.put(key, recon);
+                if (o.has("result")) {
+	                JSONArray results = o.getJSONArray("result");
+	                int count = results.length();
+	                
+	                for (int i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+	                    JSONObject result = results.getJSONObject(i);
+	                    
+	                    String key = result.getJSONArray("key").getJSONObject(0).getString("value");
+	                    
+	                    JSONArray types = result.getJSONArray("type");
+	                    String[] typeIDs = new String[types.length()];
+	                    for (int j = 0; j < typeIDs.length; j++) {
+	                        typeIDs[j] = types.getString(j);
+	                    }
+	                    
+	                    ReconCandidate candidate = new ReconCandidate(
+	                        result.getString("id"),
+	                        result.getString("name"),
+	                        typeIDs,
+	                        100
+	                    );
+	                    
+	                    Recon recon = Recon.makeFreebaseRecon(historyEntryID);
+	                    recon.addCandidate(candidate);
+	                    recon.service = "mql";
+	                    recon.judgment = Judgment.Matched;
+	                    recon.judgmentAction = "auto";
+	                    recon.match = candidate;
+	                    recon.matchRank = 0;
+	                    
+	                    keyToRecon.put(key, recon);
+	                }
                 }
             } finally {
                 is.close();
@@ -215,10 +217,17 @@ public class KeyBasedReconConfig extends StrictReconConfig {
         } catch (Exception e) {
             e.printStackTrace();
         }
-        
-        for (int i = 0; i < jobs.size(); i++) {
-            String key = ((KeyBasedReconJob) jobs.get(i)).key;
+
+        for (ReconJob job : jobs) {
+            String key = ((KeyBasedReconJob) job).key;
             Recon recon = keyToRecon.get(key);
+            if (recon == null) { // add a no-match recon if none
+            	recon = Recon.makeFreebaseRecon(historyEntryID);
+            	recon.service = "mql";
+            	recon.judgment = Judgment.None;
+            	recon.matchRank = -1;
+            	keyToRecon.put(key, recon);
+            }
             recons.add(recon);
         }