diff --git a/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/backbone/views/view_sidebar.js b/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/backbone/views/view_sidebar.js
index 07718b80cf..d3afb0a36b 100644
--- a/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/backbone/views/view_sidebar.js
+++ b/step-web/src/main/webapp/js/backbone/views/view_sidebar.js
@@ -955,7 +955,7 @@ var SidebarView = Backbone.View.extend({
     },
     // for one-line morphology
     _createBriefMorphInfo: function (panel, info, morphCount, ref, strongNum) {
-        if (typeof info === "undefined") {
+        if ((typeof info === "undefined") || (Object.keys(info).length === 0)) {
             panel.append("<br />");
             return;
         }