diff --git a/aemdesign-aem-services/src/main/java/design/aem/transport/AkamaiTransportHandler.java b/aemdesign-aem-services/src/main/java/design/aem/transport/AkamaiTransportHandler.java
index ef32610b8..0afcf1ac4 100644
--- a/aemdesign-aem-services/src/main/java/design/aem/transport/AkamaiTransportHandler.java
+++ b/aemdesign-aem-services/src/main/java/design/aem/transport/AkamaiTransportHandler.java
@@ -236,15 +236,13 @@ private ReplicationResult handleRequest(ReplicationTransaction tx) throws Replic
     private StringEntity createPostBody(ReplicationTransaction tx, String domain, String protocol, String additionalTrimPath, String[] excludepaths) throws ReplicationException {
 
         JsonArray requestedJson = getPathsList(tx, domain, protocol, additionalTrimPath, excludepaths);
-
+        JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
         if (requestedJson.size() > 0) {
-            JsonObject json = new JsonObject();
             json.add("objects", requestedJson);
-            return new StringEntity(json.toString(), CharEncoding.ISO_8859_1);
         } else {
-            throw new ReplicationException("No paths to purge");
+            logReplicationEventInfoStatement("No paths to purge");
         }
-
+        return new StringEntity(json.toString(), CharEncoding.ISO_8859_1);
     }
 
     /**
@@ -286,6 +284,11 @@ private JsonArray getPathsList(ReplicationTransaction tx, String domain, String
                             jsonArray.add(MessageFormat.format("{0}://{1}{2}", protocol, domain, pathAfter));
                         }
                     }
+
+                    // checks for empty ulr list and adds the akamai home page url.
+                    if(jsonArray.size() == 0) {
+                        jsonArray.add(MessageFormat.format("{0}://{1}{2}", protocol, domain, StringUtils.EMPTY));
+                    }
                 }
 
             } catch (Exception e) {