1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/animism-align/frontend/app/views/viewer/viewer.actions.js b/animism-align/frontend/app/views/viewer/viewer.actions.js
index ef98533..a2764ed 100644
--- a/animism-align/frontend/app/views/viewer/viewer.actions.js
+++ b/animism-align/frontend/app/views/viewer/viewer.actions.js
@@ -48,6 +48,11 @@ export const loadSections = () => dispatch => {
   const { order: annotationOrder, lookup: annotationLookup } = state.annotation.index
   const { lookup: mediaLookup } = state.media.index
 
+  if (annotationOrder.length === 0) {
+    dispatch({ type: types.viewer.load_sections, sections: [], footnoteList: [] })
+    return
+  }
+
   // console.log(state)
 
   // loop over the annotations in time order.