diff --git a/src/snl/python/snl_wrapping/PyInterface.h b/src/snl/python/snl_wrapping/PyInterface.h
index 2470e11a5..aa34783fd 100644
--- a/src/snl/python/snl_wrapping/PyInterface.h
+++ b/src/snl/python/snl_wrapping/PyInterface.h
@@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ PyObject* richCompare(T left, T right, int op) {
     0, /* tp_setattro */                                            \
     0, /* tp_as_buffer */                                           \
     Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT | Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /* tp_flags */        \
-    "#SELF_TYPE objects", /* tp_doc */                              \
+    #SELF_TYPE" objects", /* tp_doc */                              \
     0, /* tp_traverse */                                            \
     0, /* tp_clear */                                               \
     0, /* tp_richcompare */                                         \
diff --git a/test/snl/python/pyloader/SNLPrimitivesTest0.cpp b/test/snl/python/pyloader/SNLPrimitivesTest0.cpp
index 6b6dad1a9..9dc8bcdad 100644
--- a/test/snl/python/pyloader/SNLPrimitivesTest0.cpp
+++ b/test/snl/python/pyloader/SNLPrimitivesTest0.cpp
@@ -113,4 +113,14 @@ TEST_F(SNLPrimitivesTest0, testFaultyPythonScript) {
   primitives0Path /= "scripts";
   primitives0Path /= "faulty_script.py";
   EXPECT_THROW(SNLPyLoader::loadPrimitives(library, primitives0Path), SNLException);
+}
+
+TEST_F(SNLPrimitivesTest0, testEmptyPythonScript) {
+  //faulty python script
+  auto db = SNLDB::create(SNLUniverse::get());
+  auto library = SNLLibrary::create(db, SNLLibrary::Type::Primitives, SNLName("PRIMS"));
+  auto primitives0Path = std::filesystem::path(SNL_PRIMITIVES_TEST_PATH);
+  primitives0Path /= "scripts";
+  primitives0Path /= "empty_script.py";
+  EXPECT_THROW(SNLPyLoader::loadPrimitives(library, primitives0Path), SNLException);
 }
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diff --git a/test/snl/python/pyloader/scripts/empty_script.py b/test/snl/python/pyloader/scripts/empty_script.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7f50c6f5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/test/snl/python/pyloader/scripts/empty_script.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2023 The Naja authors <https://github.com/najaeda/naja/blob/main/AUTHORS>
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
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