diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 8e89968c..3aa9ba27 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
 
 All notable changes to the z/OS FTP Plug-in for Zowe CLI will be documented in this file.
 
+## Recent Changes
+
+- Fix issue #156 to return proper message for active job.
 
 ## `2.1.8`
 
diff --git a/src/api/JobUtils.ts b/src/api/JobUtils.ts
index ee0c5fd3..85395a68 100644
--- a/src/api/JobUtils.ts
+++ b/src/api/JobUtils.ts
@@ -75,17 +75,20 @@ export class JobUtils {
     public static async getSpoolFiles(connection: any, jobId: string): Promise<ISpoolFile[]> {
         const jobDetails = (await JobUtils.findJobByID(connection, jobId));
         const fullSpoolFiles: ISpoolFile[] = [];
-        for (const spoolFileToDownload of jobDetails.spoolFiles) {
-            this.log.debug("Requesting spool files for job %s(%s) spool file ID %d", jobDetails.jobname, jobDetails.jobid, spoolFileToDownload.id);
-            const option = {
-                jobName: jobDetails.jobname,
-                jobId: jobDetails.jobid,
-                owner: "*",
-                fileId: spoolFileToDownload.id
-            };
-            const spoolFile = await JobUtils.getSpoolFileContent(connection, option);
-            spoolFileToDownload.contents = spoolFile;
-            fullSpoolFiles.push(spoolFileToDownload);
+        if (jobDetails.spoolFiles) {
+            for (const spoolFileToDownload of jobDetails.spoolFiles) {
+                this.log.debug("Requesting spool files for job %s(%s) spool file ID %d", 
+                    jobDetails.jobname, jobDetails.jobid, spoolFileToDownload.id);
+                const option = {
+                    jobName: jobDetails.jobname,
+                    jobId: jobDetails.jobid,
+                    owner: "*",
+                    fileId: spoolFileToDownload.id
+                };
+                const spoolFile = await JobUtils.getSpoolFileContent(connection, option);
+                spoolFileToDownload.contents = spoolFile;
+                fullSpoolFiles.push(spoolFileToDownload);
+            }
         }
         return fullSpoolFiles;
     }
diff --git a/src/cli/list/spool-files-by-jobid/SpoolFilesByJobid.Handler.ts b/src/cli/list/spool-files-by-jobid/SpoolFilesByJobid.Handler.ts
index 37503df7..7da8bba5 100644
--- a/src/cli/list/spool-files-by-jobid/SpoolFilesByJobid.Handler.ts
+++ b/src/cli/list/spool-files-by-jobid/SpoolFilesByJobid.Handler.ts
@@ -23,17 +23,22 @@ export default class ListSpoolFilesByJobidHandler extends FTPBaseHandler {
         this.log.debug("Listing spool files for job ID %s", params.arguments.jobid);
         const job = await JobUtils.findJobByID(params.connection, params.arguments.jobid);
         const files = job.spoolFiles;
+        if (files) {
+            const successMessage = this.log.info(`"${files.length}" spool files obtained for job "${job.jobname}(${job.jobid})"`);
+            // Set the object, message, and log the prettified object
+            params.response.data.setObj(files);
+            params.response.data.setMessage(successMessage);
 
-        const successMessage = this.log.info(`"${files.length}" spool files obtained for job "${job.jobname}(${job.jobid})"`);
-        // Set the object, message, and log the prettified object
-        params.response.data.setObj(files);
-        params.response.data.setMessage(successMessage);
-
-        // Format & print the response
-        params.response.format.output({
-            fields: ["id", "ddname", "procstep", "stepname"],
-            output: files,
-            format: "table"
-        });
+            // Format & print the response
+            params.response.format.output({
+                fields: ["id", "ddname", "procstep", "stepname"],
+                output: files,
+                format: "table"
+            });
+        } else {
+            const errorMessage = this.log.info("No spool file available.");
+            params.response.data.setMessage(errorMessage);
+            params.response.console.error(errorMessage);
+        }
     }
 }