diff --git a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
index 6a50429..7a287eb 100644
--- a/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
+++ b/hooks/pre_gen_project.py
@@ -25,5 +25,5 @@
 
 
 role_name_ = "{{ cookiecutter.role_name_ | default(None) }}"
-if role_name_ is not None:
-    print("NOTE: role_name_ can be removed from your .cruft.json file (See https://github.com/JonasPammer/cookiecutter-ansible-role/pull/40)".format(role_name_))
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+if role_name_ != "":
+    print("NOTE: role_name_ can be removed from your .cruft.json file (See https://github.com/JonasPammer/cookiecutter-ansible-role/pull/40)".format(role_name_))