diff --git a/weather/widget.go b/weather/widget.go
index fa92b60d9..8a1176cb4 100644
--- a/weather/widget.go
+++ b/weather/widget.go
@@ -74,7 +74,9 @@ func (widget *Widget) Fetch(cityIDs []int) []*owm.CurrentWeatherData {
 // Refresh fetches new data from the OpenWeatherMap API and loads the new data into the.
 // widget's view for rendering
 func (widget *Widget) Refresh() {
-	widget.Data = widget.Fetch(wtf.ToInts(Config.UList("wtf.mods.weather.cityids", widget.defaultCityCodes())))
+	if widget.apiKeyValid() {
+		widget.Data = widget.Fetch(wtf.ToInts(Config.UList("wtf.mods.weather.cityids", widget.defaultCityCodes())))
+	}
 
 	widget.UpdateRefreshedAt()
 	widget.display()