diff --git a/nvchecker_source/regex.py b/nvchecker_source/regex.py
index 0828d4d..1660b4f 100644
--- a/nvchecker_source/regex.py
+++ b/nvchecker_source/regex.py
@@ -22,9 +22,7 @@ async def get_version_impl(info):
 
   res = await session.get(conf['url'])
   body = res.body.decode(encoding)
-  try:
-    version = regex.findall(body)
-  except ValueError:
-    if not conf.get('missing_ok', False):
-      raise GetVersionError('version string not found.')
-  return version
+  versions = regex.findall(body)
+  if not versions and not conf.get('missing_ok', False):
+    raise GetVersionError('version string not found.')
+  return versions
diff --git a/tests/test_regex.py b/tests/test_regex.py
index 97a9af7..e54bca1 100644
--- a/tests/test_regex.py
+++ b/tests/test_regex.py
@@ -43,6 +43,14 @@ async def test_missing_ok(get_version, httpbin):
         "missing_ok": True,
     }) is None
 
+async def test_missing(get_version, httpbin):
+    with pytest.raises(RuntimeError):
+      await get_version("example", {
+          "source": "regex",
+          "url": httpbin.url + "/base64/" + base64_encode("something not there"),
+          "regex": "foobar",
+      })
+
 async def test_regex_with_tokenBasic(get_version, httpbin):
     assert await get_version("example", {
         "source": "regex",