diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2130e0d..0bc28d0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 *.class
 *.egg-info
 *.pyc
+.idea/
+build/
diff --git a/java2python/compiler/visitor.py b/java2python/compiler/visitor.py
index f62e53e..9984767 100644
--- a/java2python/compiler/visitor.py
+++ b/java2python/compiler/visitor.py
@@ -452,7 +452,8 @@ def acceptFor(self, node, memo):
         else:
             whileStat.expr.walk(cond, memo)
         whileBlock = self.factory.methodContent(parent=self)
-        if not node.firstChildOfType(tokens.BLOCK_SCOPE).children:
+        # issue 25 fix : https://github.com/natural/java2python/issues/25
+        if node.firstChildOfType(tokens.BLOCK_SCOPE) and not node.firstChildOfType(tokens.BLOCK_SCOPE).children:
             self.factory.expr(left='pass', parent=whileBlock)
         else:
             whileBlock.walk(node.firstChildOfType(tokens.BLOCK_SCOPE), memo)