diff --git a/R/archive.R b/R/archive.R
index 1cf6cb7..9768674 100644
--- a/R/archive.R
+++ b/R/archive.R
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ archive_fetch_measurements = function (box, sensor, fromDate, toDate, progress)
       ))
       
       if (httr::status_code(res) == 404)
-        return(as.data.frame)
+        return(data.frame(createdAt = character(), value = character()))
     }
  
     measurements = httr::content(res, type = 'text', encoding = 'UTF-8') %>%