diff --git a/src/BeelineSmsClient.php b/src/BeelineSmsClient.php
index d34bf31..e7a2de3 100644
--- a/src/BeelineSmsClient.php
+++ b/src/BeelineSmsClient.php
@@ -106,9 +106,9 @@ public function apiCall($uri, $params = [], $method = 'GET')
             // parse XML
             //var_dump($response->getBody()->__toString());
             return BeelineResponseParser::parseXML($response->getBody()->__toString());
-        } else {
-            return new SimpleXMLElement();
         }
+
+        return new SimpleXMLElement('<output/>');
     }
 
     /**