diff --git a/r/GetBirthplace.R b/r/GetBirthplace.R
index 3212f5056356b02438138df199998ecbd6c74ce3..8726598874e32feeffa2c015ec5bb43cfec90adc 100644
--- a/r/GetBirthplace.R
+++ b/r/GetBirthplace.R
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ getBirthplace <- function(article) {
   
   # If there is no infobox we return 0
   if(!grepl("vcard", article)) {
-      return(NULL)
+      return(0)
   }
   
   # Use infobox to get Birthplace