diff --git a/src/wcc.js b/src/wcc.js
index f9b3998..887e0b6 100644
--- a/src/wcc.js
+++ b/src/wcc.js
@@ -158,9 +158,6 @@ async function initializeCustomElement(elementURL, tagName, attrs = [], definiti
     await elementInstance.connectedCallback();
   
     return elementInstance;
-  } else {
-    console.debug('No custom element class found for this file');
-    return new HTMLElement();
   }
 }
 
@@ -169,18 +166,25 @@ async function renderToString(elementURL, wrappingEntryTag = true, props = {}) {
   const elementTagName = wrappingEntryTag && await getTagName(elementURL);
   const isEntry = !!elementTagName;
   const elementInstance = await initializeCustomElement(elementURL, undefined, undefined, definitions, isEntry, props);
-
-  const elementHtml = elementInstance.shadowRoot
-    ? elementInstance.getInnerHTML({ includeShadowRoots: true })
-    : elementInstance.innerHTML;
-  const elementTree = getParse(elementHtml)(elementHtml);
-  const finalTree = await renderComponentRoots(elementTree, definitions);
-  const html = wrappingEntryTag && elementTagName ? `
-      <${elementTagName}>
-        ${serialize(finalTree)}
-      </${elementTagName}>
-    `
-    : serialize(finalTree);
+  let html;
+
+  // in case the entry point isn't valid
+  if (elementInstance) {
+    const elementHtml = elementInstance.shadowRoot
+      ? elementInstance.getInnerHTML({ includeShadowRoots: true })
+      : elementInstance.innerHTML;
+    const elementTree = getParse(elementHtml)(elementHtml);
+    const finalTree = await renderComponentRoots(elementTree, definitions);
+
+    html = wrappingEntryTag && elementTagName ? `
+        <${elementTagName}>
+          ${serialize(finalTree)}
+        </${elementTagName}>
+      `
+      : serialize(finalTree);
+  } else {
+    console.warn('WARNING: No custom element class found for this entry point.');
+  }
 
   return {
     html,
diff --git a/test/cases/no-export/no-export.spec.js b/test/cases/no-export/no-export.spec.js
index bb3e153..d3257ca 100644
--- a/test/cases/no-export/no-export.spec.js
+++ b/test/cases/no-export/no-export.spec.js
@@ -18,16 +18,22 @@ const expect = chai.expect;
 describe('Run WCC For ', function() {
   const LABEL = 'Single Custom Element with no default export';
   let rawHtml;
+  let meta;
 
   before(async function() {
-    const { html } = await renderToString(new URL('./src/no-export.js', import.meta.url));
+    const { html, metadata } = await renderToString(new URL('./src/no-export.js', import.meta.url));
 
     rawHtml = html;
+    meta = metadata;
   });
 
   describe(LABEL, function() {
     it('should not throw an error', function() {
-      expect(rawHtml).to.equal('');
+      expect(rawHtml).to.equal(undefined);
+    });
+
+    it('should not have any definition', function() {
+      expect(meta.length).to.equal(0);
     });
   });