diff --git a/iceprod/server/plugins/condor_direct.py b/iceprod/server/plugins/condor_direct.py
index b3035ec33..9ccacf4fc 100644
--- a/iceprod/server/plugins/condor_direct.py
+++ b/iceprod/server/plugins/condor_direct.py
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ async def get_hold_reason(self, submit_dir, resources=None):
             with open(submit_filename) as f:
                 for line in f:
                     line = line.strip().lower()
-                    if line:
+                    if '=' in line:
                         key, value = line.split('=', 1)
                         submit_data[key.strip()] = value.strip()
         filename = os.path.join(submit_dir, 'condor.log')