diff --git a/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx b/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
index 55b040d74..bf8ffc862 100644
--- a/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
+++ b/src/renderer/component/userHistory/view.jsx
@@ -99,7 +99,8 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
 
     const allSelected = Object.keys(itemsSelected).length === history.length;
     const selectHandler = allSelected ? this.unselectAll : this.selectAll;
-    return (
+
+    return history.length ? (
       <React.Fragment>
         <div className="card__actions card__actions--between">
           {Object.keys(itemsSelected).length ? (
@@ -109,7 +110,6 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
               {/* Using an empty span so spacing stays the same if the button isn't rendered */}
             </span>
           )}
-
           <Button
             button="link"
             label={allSelected ? __('Cancel') : __('Select All')}
@@ -159,6 +159,13 @@ class UserHistoryPage extends React.PureComponent<Props, State> {
           </FormRow>
         )}
       </React.Fragment>
+    ) : (
+      <div className="page__empty">
+        {__("You don't have anything saved in history yet, go check out some content on LBRY!")}
+        <div className="card__actions card__actions--center">
+          <Button button="primary" navigate="/discover" label={__('Explore new content')} />
+        </div>
+      </div>
     );
   }
 }