diff --git a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Snapshot.pm b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Snapshot.pm
index 8c799b30..5afb8267 100644
--- a/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Snapshot.pm
+++ b/lib/App/Netdisco/Worker/Plugin/Snapshot.pm
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 package App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin::Snapshot;
 
 use Dancer ':syntax';
+use Dancer::Plugin::DBIC;
 use App::Netdisco::Worker::Plugin;
 use aliased 'App::Netdisco::Worker::Status';
 
@@ -20,6 +21,10 @@ use File::Path 'make_path';
 register_worker({ phase => 'check' }, sub {
   return Status->error('Missing device (-d).')
     unless defined shift->device;
+
+  return Status->info("snapshot skipped: please run a loadmibs job first")
+    unless schema('netdisco')->resultset('SNMPObject')->count();
+
   return Status->done('Snapshot is able to run');
 });