diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index ace00ac8ad581331eced697688888b9bcb69cde3..f4fe304d17b3a578f5fce6763ee0f5db8255520f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -23,4 +23,6 @@ docs/source/lso.rst
 docs/source/lso.*.rst
 docs/source/modules.rst
 
+artifactory/
+
 .env
diff --git a/ansible_inventory_generator/app.py b/ansible_inventory_generator/app.py
index 4eed9d02f97656e53d56cc8bdb0799e9f4e5144d..ecd806475e37fb39247708466a4682ea1c52a476 100644
--- a/ansible_inventory_generator/app.py
+++ b/ansible_inventory_generator/app.py
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import os
 import shutil
 import sys
 import tempfile
@@ -78,9 +79,11 @@ def generate_host_vars_and_hosts_file(router_subscriptions: list, temp_dir: Path
 
 
 @contextmanager
-def safe_write(temp_dir: Path, old_host_vars_dir: Path) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+def safe_write(temp_dir: Path) -> Generator[Path, None, None]:
+    settings = load_settings()
     temp_dir.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
-
+    ansible_inventory_path = Path(settings.aig_ansible_inventory_path)
+    ansible_inventory_path.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
     try:
         yield temp_dir
     except Exception as e:
@@ -88,11 +91,16 @@ def safe_write(temp_dir: Path, old_host_vars_dir: Path) -> Generator[Path, None,
         typer.echo(f"Error: {e}")
         sys.exit(1)
     else:
-        if old_host_vars_dir.exists():
-            shutil.rmtree(old_host_vars_dir)
+        host_vars = ansible_inventory_path / "host_vars"
+        if host_vars.exists():
+            shutil.rmtree(host_vars)
 
-        shutil.copytree(temp_dir, old_host_vars_dir)  # Copy new host_vars dir
-        shutil.copy(temp_dir / "hosts.yaml", old_host_vars_dir)  # Copy new hosts.yaml file
+        hosts_file = ansible_inventory_path / "hosts.yaml"
+        if hosts_file.exists():
+            os.remove(hosts_file)
+
+        shutil.copytree(temp_dir / "host_vars", ansible_inventory_path / "host_vars")  # Copy new host_vars dir
+        shutil.copy(temp_dir / "hosts.yaml", ansible_inventory_path)  # Copy new hosts.yaml file
         shutil.rmtree(temp_dir)
 
 
@@ -111,9 +119,7 @@ def generate_inventory_from_api() -> None:
         sys.exit(1)
 
     temp_dir = Path(tempfile.mkdtemp())
-    old_host_vars_dir = Path(settings.aig_ansible_inventory_path)
-
-    with safe_write(temp_dir, old_host_vars_dir) as temp_dir:
+    with safe_write(temp_dir) as temp_dir:
         generate_host_vars_and_hosts_file(router_subscriptions, temp_dir)
 
 
diff --git a/tests/test_inventory_generator.py b/tests/test_inventory_generator.py
index 0391d4111a371fb8ebf7a48f1006a26f810fbef5..298ef967a3cb6e6287d820730cca3cb21993dcce 100644
--- a/tests/test_inventory_generator.py
+++ b/tests/test_inventory_generator.py
@@ -248,3 +248,21 @@ def test_inventory_generation_handles_exceptions_and_preserves_file_integrity(
         with path.open("r") as f:
             content = f.read()
             assert content == file_contents[path_key]
+
+
+def test_generate_inventory_from_api_empty_json(setup_test, tmp_dir):
+    with patch("requests.get") as mock_get:
+        mock_get.return_value.json.return_value = []
+        mock_get.return_value.status_code = 200
+
+        generate_inventory_from_api()
+
+        # Check if hosts.yaml file is created
+        hosts_file = tmp_dir / "hosts.yaml"
+        assert hosts_file.exists()
+
+        # Check that the hosts.yaml file is empty or contains no hosts
+        with hosts_file.open() as f:
+            content = yaml.safe_load(f)
+            expected_content = {"all": {"children": {"routers": {"children": {}}}}}
+            assert content == expected_content
diff --git a/tox.ini b/tox.ini
index 90b2128be834f96c220b531c872c3f6224e3c2e1..6f2c17e797ff14dc04eb9d13fb79fd20575c4416 100644
--- a/tox.ini
+++ b/tox.ini
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ commands =
     coverage run --source ansible_inventory_generator -m pytest {posargs}
     coverage xml
     coverage html
-    sh -c "if [ $SKIP_ALL_TESTS -eq 1 ]; then echo 'Skipping coverage report'; else coverage report --fail-under 40; fi"
+    sh -c "if [ $SKIP_ALL_TESTS -eq 1 ]; then echo 'Skipping coverage report'; else coverage report --fail-under 30; fi"
 
 allowlist_externals =
     sh
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