diff --git a/app/controllers/Relay.scala b/app/controllers/Relay.scala
index a220d9530a..b0c7376308 100644
--- a/app/controllers/Relay.scala
+++ b/app/controllers/Relay.scala
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ object Relay extends LilaController {
   private def relayNotFound(implicit ctx: Context) = NotFound(html.relay.notFound())
 
   val index = Open { implicit ctx =>
-    env.repo recent 50 flatMap { relays =>
+    env.repo recentNonEmpty 50 flatMap { relays =>
       env.contentApi byRelays relays map { contents =>
         Ok(html.relay.home(relays, contents))
       }
diff --git a/modules/relay/src/main/Cached.scala b/modules/relay/src/main/Cached.scala
index d2a4ec0bd6..d25d0eae3e 100644
--- a/modules/relay/src/main/Cached.scala
+++ b/modules/relay/src/main/Cached.scala
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ private[relay] final class Cached(repo: RelayRepo) {
   def name(id: String) = nameCache get id
 
   private val miniStartedCache = lila.memo.AsyncCache.single[List[Relay.Mini]](
-    repo.started map2 Relay.Mini.apply,
+    repo.startedNonEmpty map2 Relay.Mini.apply,
     // repo.recent(3) map2 Relay.Mini.apply,
     timeToLive = 10 seconds)
 
diff --git a/modules/relay/src/main/RelayRepo.scala b/modules/relay/src/main/RelayRepo.scala
index 71f6799130..f6e4cf4d31 100644
--- a/modules/relay/src/main/RelayRepo.scala
+++ b/modules/relay/src/main/RelayRepo.scala
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ final class RelayRepo(coll: Coll) {
   private def selectName(name: String) = BSONDocument("name" -> name)
   private val selectStarted = BSONDocument("status" -> Relay.Status.Started.id)
   private val selectRecent = BSONDocument("date" -> BSONDocument("$gt" -> DateTime.now.minusWeeks(2)))
+  private val selectNonEmpty = BSONDocument("games.0.id" -> BSONDocument("$exists" -> true))
   private val sortRecent = BSONDocument("date" -> -1)
 
   def byId(id: String): Fu[Option[Relay]] = coll.find(selectId(id)).one[Relay]
@@ -22,9 +23,12 @@ final class RelayRepo(coll: Coll) {
     coll.find(selectName(name) ++ selectRecent).one[Relay]
 
   def started: Fu[List[Relay]] = coll.find(selectStarted).cursor[Relay].collect[List]()
+  def startedNonEmpty: Fu[List[Relay]] = coll.find(selectStarted ++ selectNonEmpty).cursor[Relay].collect[List]()
 
   def recent(nb: Int): Fu[List[Relay]] =
     coll.find(BSONDocument()).sort(sortRecent).cursor[Relay].collect[List](nb)
+  def recentNonEmpty(nb: Int): Fu[List[Relay]] =
+    coll.find(selectNonEmpty).sort(sortRecent).cursor[Relay].collect[List](nb)
 
   def exists(id: String): Fu[Boolean] =
     coll.db command Count(coll.name, selectId(id).some) map (0 !=)