diff --git a/rhodecode/templates/admin/settings/settings_labs.html b/rhodecode/templates/admin/settings/settings_labs.html
--- a/rhodecode/templates/admin/settings/settings_labs.html
+++ b/rhodecode/templates/admin/settings/settings_labs.html
@@ -6,45 +6,49 @@
         ${h.secure_form(url('admin_settings_labs'), method='post')}
           <div class="form">
             <div class="fields">
-              % for lab_setting in c.lab_settings:
-              <div class="field">
-                <div class="label">
-                  <label>${lab_setting.group}:</label>
-                </div>
-                % if lab_setting.type == 'bool':
-                  <div class="checkboxes">
-                    <div class="checkbox">
-                      ${h.checkbox(lab_setting.key, 'True')}
-                      % if lab_setting.label:
-                        <label for="${lab_setting.key}">${lab_setting.label}</label>
-                      % endif
+              % if not c.lab_settings:
+                ${_('There are no Labs settings currently')}
+              % else:
+                  % for lab_setting in c.lab_settings:
+                  <div class="field">
+                    <div class="label">
+                      <label>${lab_setting.group}:</label>
                     </div>
-                    % if lab_setting.help:
-                      <p class="help-block">${lab_setting.help}</p>
+                    % if lab_setting.type == 'bool':
+                      <div class="checkboxes">
+                        <div class="checkbox">
+                          ${h.checkbox(lab_setting.key, 'True')}
+                          % if lab_setting.label:
+                            <label for="${lab_setting.key}">${lab_setting.label}</label>
+                          % endif
+                        </div>
+                        % if lab_setting.help:
+                          <p class="help-block">${lab_setting.help}</p>
+                        % endif
+                      </div>
+                    % else:
+                      <div class="input">
+                        ${h.text(lab_setting.key, size=60)}
+
+                        ## TODO: johbo: This style does not yet exist for our forms,
+                        ## the lab settings seem not to adhere to the structure which
+                        ## we use in other places.
+                        % if lab_setting.label:
+                          <label for="${lab_setting.key}">${lab_setting.label}</label>
+                        % endif
+
+                        % if lab_setting.help:
+                          <p class="help-block">${lab_setting.help}</p>
+                        % endif
+                      </div>
                     % endif
                   </div>
-                % else:
-                  <div class="input">
-                    ${h.text(lab_setting.key, size=60)}
-
-                    ## TODO: johbo: This style does not yet exist for our forms,
-                    ## the lab settings seem not to adhere to the structure which
-                    ## we use in other places.
-                    % if lab_setting.label:
-                      <label for="${lab_setting.key}">${lab_setting.label}</label>
-                    % endif
-
-                    % if lab_setting.help:
-                      <p class="help-block">${lab_setting.help}</p>
-                    % endif
+                  % endfor
+                  <div class="buttons">
+                    ${h.submit('save', _('Save settings'), class_='btn')}
+                    ${h.reset('reset', _('Reset'), class_='btn')}
                   </div>
-                % endif
-              </div>
-              % endfor
-              <div class="buttons">
-                ${h.submit('save', _('Save settings'), class_='btn')}
-                ${h.reset('reset', _('Reset'), class_='btn')}
-              </div>
+              % endif
             </div>
           </div>
         ${h.end_form()}