diff --git a/src/purescala/Analysis.scala b/src/purescala/Analysis.scala
index 8e7279cd743adf92535592fecb462feb1e56992d..e7f95834573f62c70b66a5970c54b9731dbab813 100644
--- a/src/purescala/Analysis.scala
+++ b/src/purescala/Analysis.scala
@@ -111,21 +111,23 @@ class Analysis(val program: Program) {
       }
     } 
 
-    verifiedVCs = verifiedVCs.reverse
-    val col1wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._1).map(_.length).max + 2
-    val col2wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._2).map(_.length).max + 2
-    val col3wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._3).map(_.length).max + 2
-    val col4wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._4).map(_.length).max 
-    def mk1line(line: (String,String,String,String)) : String = {
-      line._1 + (" " * (col1wdth - line._1.length)) +
-      line._2 + (" " * (col2wdth - line._2.length)) +
-      line._3 + (" " * (col3wdth - line._3.length)) +
-      line._4 
+    if(verifiedVCs.size > 0) {
+      verifiedVCs = verifiedVCs.reverse
+      val col1wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._1).map(_.length).max + 2
+      val col2wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._2).map(_.length).max + 2
+      val col3wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._3).map(_.length).max + 2
+      val col4wdth  = verifiedVCs.map(_._4).map(_.length).max 
+      def mk1line(line: (String,String,String,String)) : String = {
+        line._1 + (" " * (col1wdth - line._1.length)) +
+        line._2 + (" " * (col2wdth - line._2.length)) +
+        line._3 + (" " * (col3wdth - line._3.length)) +
+        line._4 
+      }
+      val dashes : String = "=" * (col1wdth + col2wdth + col3wdth + col4wdth)
+      reporter.info("Summary:\n" + dashes + "\n" + verifiedVCs.map(mk1line(_)).mkString("\n") + "\n" + dashes)
+    } else {
+      reporter.info("No verification conditions were generated.")
     }
-    val dashes : String = "=" * (col1wdth + col2wdth + col3wdth + col4wdth)
-    
-    reporter.info("Summary:\n" + dashes + "\n" + verifiedVCs.map(mk1line(_)).mkString("\n") + "\n" + dashes)
-
   }
 
   def postconditionVC(functionDefinition: FunDef) : Expr = {
diff --git a/testcases/MergeSort.scala b/testcases/MergeSort.scala
index 565359a771cda2f592236e92f5baa9e3eedffa40..4dd8a2793d9abbc7d558f2f0110f990c13d5be07 100644
--- a/testcases/MergeSort.scala
+++ b/testcases/MergeSort.scala
@@ -14,8 +14,10 @@ object MergeSort {
 
   def is_sorted(l: List): Boolean = l match {
     case Nil() => true
-    case Cons(x,Nil()) => true
-    case Cons(x,Cons(y,xs)) => x<=y && is_sorted(Cons(y,xs))
+    case Cons(x,xs) => xs match {
+      case Nil() => true
+      case Cons(y, ys) => x <= y && is_sorted(Cons(y, ys))
+    }
   }    
 
   def length(list:List): Int = list match {