diff --git a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
index 081e78d255..8b16a9944c 100644
--- a/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
+++ b/src/sql/workbench/contrib/notebook/browser/cellViews/textCell.component.ts
@@ -307,9 +307,13 @@ export class TextCellComponent extends CellView implements OnInit, OnChanges {
 		for (let element of hostElem.children) {
 			if (element.nodeName.toLowerCase() === 'table') {
 				// add table header and table rows.
-				children.push(element.children[0]);
-				for (let trow of element.children[1].children) {
-					children.push(trow);
+				if (element.children.length > 0) {
+					children.push(element.children[0]);
+					if (element.children.length > 1) {
+						for (let trow of element.children[1].children) {
+							children.push(trow);
+						}
+					}
 				}
 			} else if (element.children.length > 1) {
 				children = children.concat(this.getChildren(element));