diff --git a/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php b/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
index a91804d2ed74ba231f9f0f592510b51234ac69f4..d6bf2ed9f8162cd5f8cf2c8a391f0259a1729e67 100644
--- a/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
+++ b/public_html/deployment/classes/project.class.php
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ class project extends base {
      * @return string
      */
     public function getProjectGroup() {
-        return isset($this->_aPrjConfig["projectgroup"]) ? $this->_aPrjConfig["projectgroup"] : false;
+        return isset($this->_aPrjConfig["projectgroup"]) && $this->_aPrjConfig["projectgroup"] ? $this->_aPrjConfig["projectgroup"] : false;
     }
     /**
      * get the group label of the project