diff --git a/lib/tasks/vectorize_packages.rake b/lib/tasks/vectorize_packages.rake
index 4fbfe7b..66bf7a2 100644
--- a/lib/tasks/vectorize_packages.rake
+++ b/lib/tasks/vectorize_packages.rake
@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ namespace :debshots do
     logger.level = Logger::INFO
 
     force = ENV['FORCE'].present?
-    scope = force ? Package.all : Package.where(embedding: nil)
+    # Packages without any description text cannot be embedded at all -
+    # exclude them so they do not fail on every single run.
+    base_scope = Package.where("COALESCE(description, '') <> '' OR " \
+                               "COALESCE(long_description, '') <> ''")
+    scope = force ? base_scope : base_scope.where(embedding: nil)
     total = scope.count
 
     if total.zero?