diff --git a/geoservercloud/geoservercloudsync.py b/geoservercloud/geoservercloudsync.py
index 984897e..6af3232 100644
--- a/geoservercloud/geoservercloudsync.py
+++ b/geoservercloud/geoservercloudsync.py
@@ -79,6 +79,8 @@ def copy_pg_datastores(
         datastores, status_code = self.src_instance.get_datastores(workspace_name)
         if isinstance(datastores, str):
             return datastores, status_code
+        elif datastores.aslist() == []:
+            return "", status_code
         for datastore_name in datastores.aslist():
             content, status_code = self.copy_pg_datastore(
                 workspace_name, datastore_name, deep_copy=deep_copy
@@ -119,6 +121,8 @@ def copy_feature_types(
         )
         if isinstance(feature_types, str):
             return feature_types, status_code
+        elif feature_types.aslist() == []:
+            return "", status_code
         for feature_type in feature_types.aslist():
             content, status_code = self.copy_feature_type(
                 workspace_name, datastore_name, feature_type["name"]
@@ -165,17 +169,19 @@ def copy_styles(
         """
         Copy all styles in a workspace (if a workspace is provided) or all global styles
         """
-        if include_images:
-            content, status_code = self.copy_style_images(workspace_name)
-            if self.not_ok(status_code):
-                return content, status_code
         styles, status_code = self.src_instance.get_styles(workspace_name)
         if isinstance(styles, str):
             return styles, status_code
+        elif styles.aslist() == []:
+            return "", status_code
         for style in styles.aslist():
             content, status_code = self.copy_style(style, workspace_name)
             if self.not_ok(status_code):
                 return content, status_code
+        if include_images:
+            content, status_code = self.copy_style_images(workspace_name)
+            if self.not_ok(status_code):
+                return content, status_code
         return content, status_code
 
     def copy_style(
@@ -200,14 +206,16 @@ def copy_style_images(self, workspace_name: str | None = None) -> tuple[str, int
         )
         if isinstance(resource_dir, str):
             return resource_dir, status_code
-        for child in resource_dir.children:
-            if child.is_image():
-                content, status_code = self.copy_resource(
-                    resource_dir="styles",
-                    resource_name=child.name,
-                    content_type=child.type,
-                    workspace_name=workspace_name,
-                )
+        images = [child for child in resource_dir.children if child.is_image()]
+        if images == []:
+            return "", status_code
+        for image in images:
+            content, status_code = self.copy_resource(
+                resource_dir="styles",
+                resource_name=image.name,
+                content_type=image.type,
+                workspace_name=workspace_name,
+            )
         return content, status_code
 
     def copy_resource(
diff --git a/geoservercloud/models/featuretypes.py b/geoservercloud/models/featuretypes.py
index 36b5807..4df5b70 100644
--- a/geoservercloud/models/featuretypes.py
+++ b/geoservercloud/models/featuretypes.py
@@ -9,7 +9,10 @@ def __init__(self, featuretypes: list = []) -> None:
 
     @classmethod
     def from_get_response_payload(cls, content: dict):
-        return cls(content["featureTypes"]["featureType"])
+        feature_types: str | dict = content["featureTypes"]
+        if not feature_types:
+            return cls()
+        return cls(feature_types["featureType"])  # type: ignore
 
     def aslist(self) -> list[dict[str, str]]:
         return self._featuretypes