diff --git a/src/freedombone b/src/freedombone
index 57dd2e46..b44701da 100755
--- a/src/freedombone
+++ b/src/freedombone
@@ -6250,6 +6250,10 @@ function install_owncloud {
   fi
   # if this is exclusively a cloud setup
   if [[ $SYSTEM_TYPE == "$VARIANT_CLOUD" ]]; then
+      if [ ! $DOMAIN_NAME ]; then
+          echo 'No default domain name when installing cloud variant'
+          exit 5380
+      fi
       OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME=$DOMAIN_NAME
   fi
   if [ ! $OWNCLOUD_DOMAIN_NAME ]; then