diff --git a/client/request.go b/client/request.go
index 45787f4dc13..d58adea4210 100644
--- a/client/request.go
+++ b/client/request.go
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ var (
 	ErrServerError   = errors.New("miniflux: internal server error")
 	ErrNotFound      = errors.New("miniflux: resource not found")
 	ErrBadRequest    = errors.New("miniflux: bad request")
+	ErrWrongEndpoint = errors.New("miniflux: endpoint badly configured")
 )
 
 type errorResponse struct {
@@ -62,6 +63,10 @@ func (r *request) Delete(path string) error {
 }
 
 func (r *request) execute(method, path string, data interface{}) (io.ReadCloser, error) {
+	// If we end up with an empty string as an endpoint, it's an user input error
+	if r.endpoint == "" {
+		return nil, ErrWrongEndpoint
+	}
 	if r.endpoint[len(r.endpoint)-1:] == "/" {
 		r.endpoint = r.endpoint[:len(r.endpoint)-1]
 	}