diff --git a/plugins/Goals/Goals.php b/plugins/Goals/Goals.php
index 420a52a88ace..a43f1c983ad4 100644
--- a/plugins/Goals/Goals.php
+++ b/plugins/Goals/Goals.php
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ public function getReportMetadataEnd(&$reports, $info)
                 continue;
             }
 
-            if (empty($apiReportToUpdate)) { // TODO: remove after done debugging
+            if (!is_array($apiReportToUpdate)) { // TODO: remove after done debugging
                 throw new \Exception("found empty report at $index");
             }
 
@@ -410,6 +410,9 @@ public function getReportMetadataEnd(&$reports, $info)
             foreach ($extraProcessedMetrics as $metric) {
                 $name = $metric->getName();
 
+                if (!is_array($apiReportToUpdate)) { // TODO: remove after done debugging
+                    throw new \Exception("2 found empty report at $index");
+                }
                 $apiReportToUpdate['processedMetrics'][$name] = $metric->getTranslatedName();
                 $apiReportToUpdate['metricTypes'][$name] = $metric->getSemanticType() ?: 'unspecified';
                 $apiReportToUpdate['processedMetricFormulas'][$name] = $metric->getFormula();