diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/base.py b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/base.py
index ed3eea5..e19941b 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/base.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/base.py
@@ -178,6 +178,8 @@ class HarvesterBase(SingletonPlugin):
 
                 else:
                     log.info('Package with GUID %s not updated, skipping...' % harvest_object.guid)
+                    harvest_object.report_status = 'not modified'
+                    harvest_object.save()
                     return
 
                 # Flag the other objects linking to this package as not current anymore
diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
index 835e27c..621a75f 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/harvesters/ckanharvester.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ class CKANHarvester(HarvesterBase):
                                     package_ids.append(package_id)
                     else:
                         log.info('No packages have been updated on the remote CKAN instance since the last harvest job')
-                        return None
+                        return []
 
                 except urllib2.HTTPError,e:
                     if e.getcode() == 400:
diff --git a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
index b8c4131..d32dd33 100644
--- a/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
+++ b/ckanext/harvest/queue.py
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ def fetch_and_import_stages(harvester, obj):
     else:
         obj.state = "ERROR"
         obj.save()
-    if obj.report_status:
+    if obj.report_status == 'not modified':
         return
     if obj.state == 'ERROR':
         obj.report_status = 'errored'