diff --git a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker.rb b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker.rb
index 1e36a278f1..e408abba6e 100644
--- a/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker.rb
+++ b/src/im_mad/remotes/lib/firecracker.rb
@@ -59,6 +59,9 @@ module Firecracker
 
         # Read metrics
         metrics_f = File.read(metrics_path).split("\n")[-1]
+
+        return if metrics_f.nil?
+
         metrics_f.tr!("\u0000", '')
 
         JSON.parse(metrics_f)