diff --git a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
index b11c58c1c..7a8418bc1 100755
--- a/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
+++ b/roles/network/templates/hostapd/test-wifi
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 IFACE={{ discovered_wireless_iface }}
 RASPBIAN=0
 NETPLAN=0
-SSID=""
+SSID="NA"
 # when we get here br0 should be available and dbus wpa_supplicant was started if enabled. None
 # of the backends that use wpa_supplicant should be active yet based on the Before= After= lines
 # in the wifi-test.service unit file.
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ if [ -f /etc/iiab/iiab.env ]; then
        SSID=$CLIENT_SSID
     fi
 fi
+echo "ssid is $SSID"
+if [[ $SSID == "" ]]; then
+    echo "Couldn't find ssid to use exiting"
+    exit 0
+fi
 # might need to start the dbus wpa_supplicant
 #if [ $RASPBIAN -eq 1 ]; then
 #    systemctl start wpa_supplicant