diff --git a/spatialpy/core/domain.py b/spatialpy/core/domain.py
index cdb033bf..f7529929 100644
--- a/spatialpy/core/domain.py
+++ b/spatialpy/core/domain.py
@@ -571,6 +571,9 @@ def plot_types(self, width=None, height=None, colormap=None, size=None, title=No
         :returns: Plotly figure of domain types if, use_matplotlib=False and return_plotly_figure=True
         :rtype: None or dict
         '''
+        if len(self.vertices) == 0:
+            raise DomainError("The domain does not contain particles.")
+
         from spatialpy.core.result import _plotly_iterate # pylint: disable=import-outside-toplevel
 
         if not use_matplotlib: