diff --git a/src/dlt/gateway/dltApp/src/dltGateway.js b/src/dlt/gateway/dltApp/src/dltGateway.js
index 80eeebc1775dbc794a27ac26a035ab35538b90bd..c2cfb5e457211b94cc3150f684e880ab0968753f 100644
--- a/src/dlt/gateway/dltApp/src/dltGateway.js
+++ b/src/dlt/gateway/dltApp/src/dltGateway.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ async function getFromDlt(call, callback) {
   } catch (error) {   
    if (error.message.includes("data not found for key")) {
     // Return an empty response when no record is found
-    callback(null, { record_id: call.request, data_json: "{}" });
+    callback(null, { record_id: call.request, data_json: "" });
   } else {
     // Send failure response with error message
     callback({