diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 972e514..98377a7 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -49,4 +49,4 @@ You may now run it with the artisan migrate command:
 
     $ php artisan migrate --seed
     
-After running this command the filled countries table will be available
\ No newline at end of file
+After running this command the filled countries table will be available
diff --git a/src/Webpatser/Countries/Countries.php b/src/Webpatser/Countries/Countries.php
index ca21d19..9ab1f94 100644
--- a/src/Webpatser/Countries/Countries.php
+++ b/src/Webpatser/Countries/Countries.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ public function __construct()
     protected function getCountries()
     {
         //Get the countries from the JSON file
-        if (sizeof($this->countries) == 0){
+        if (empty($this->countries)){
             $this->countries = json_decode(file_get_contents(__DIR__ . '/Models/countries.json'), true);
         }