diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index <HASH>..<HASH> 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -85,7 +85,9 @@ export default function prepareAxios(pageResponse, axiosInstance = null) {
       return targetAxios.request(newConfig);
     } else {
       // return an empty promise instead of making the call from the server side
-      return new Promise(() => {});
+      const emptyPromise = new Promise(() => {});
+      emptyPromise.empty = true;
+      return emptyPromise;
     }
   }
leave a way to tell if a promise is an empty promise, just in case