diff --git a/bin/test_secrets.sh b/bin/test_secrets.sh
index 6fc4dc6..d645187 100755
--- a/bin/test_secrets.sh
+++ b/bin/test_secrets.sh
@@ -6,12 +6,15 @@
 
 HEADER="#!yaml|gpg"
 
-for secret_sls in $(find pillar/secrets -name '*.sls'); do
-    if [[ $(head -n 1 $secret_sls) != "$HEADER" ]]; then
-        echo "$secret_sls is missing the \"$HEADER\" header or it is not on the first line"
-        STATUS=1
-    fi
-done
+SECRETS_SLS=$(find pillar/secrets -name '*.sls' 2> /dev/null)
+if [[ -n $SECRETS_SLS ]];  then
+    for secret_sls in ${SECRETS_SLS[@]}; do
+        if [[ $(head -n 1 $secret_sls) != "$HEADER" ]]; then
+            echo "$secret_sls is missing the \"$HEADER\" header or it is not on the first line"
+            STATUS=1
+        fi
+    done
+fi
 
 for sls in $(find pillar/ -not -path 'pillar/secrets/*' -name '*.sls'); do
     if $(grep -q "$HEADER" $sls); then