diff --git a/packages/lib/src/components/buttons/SearchButtonComponenet.wc.svelte b/packages/lib/src/components/buttons/SearchButtonComponenet.wc.svelte
index 557110d8..3bbc13a7 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/components/buttons/SearchButtonComponenet.wc.svelte
+++ b/packages/lib/src/components/buttons/SearchButtonComponenet.wc.svelte
@@ -49,6 +49,13 @@
 
         const ast = buildAstFromQuery($queryStore);
 
+        if (ast.children.includes(null)) {
+            alert(
+                "No query entered in one of the queries. You can enter a query or remove the query fields.",
+            );
+            return;
+        }
+
         options?.spots?.forEach((spot: SpotOption) => {
             const name = spot.name;
             const measureItem: MeasureOption | undefined = $measureStore.find(
diff --git a/packages/lib/src/stores/negotiate.ts b/packages/lib/src/stores/negotiate.ts
index f4cd44ea..0e06c3cb 100644
--- a/packages/lib/src/stores/negotiate.ts
+++ b/packages/lib/src/stores/negotiate.ts
@@ -53,28 +53,30 @@ export const buildHumanReadableRecursively = (
     }
 
     queryLayer.children.forEach((child: AstElement, index: number): void => {
-        if ("type" in child && "value" in child && "key" in child) {
-            if (typeof child.value === "string") {
-                humanReadableQuery += `(${child.key} ${child.type} ${child.value})`;
+        if (child !== null) {
+            if ("type" in child && "value" in child && "key" in child) {
+                if (typeof child.value === "string") {
+                    humanReadableQuery += `(${child.key} ${child.type} ${child.value})`;
+                }
+                if (
+                    typeof child.value === "object" &&
+                    "min" in child.value &&
+                    "max" in child.value
+                ) {
+                    humanReadableQuery += `(${child.key} ${child.type} ${child.value.min} and ${child.value.max})`;
+                }
             }
-            if (
-                typeof child.value === "object" &&
-                "min" in child.value &&
-                "max" in child.value
-            ) {
-                humanReadableQuery += `(${child.key} ${child.type} ${child.value.min} and ${child.value.max})`;
-            }
-        }
 
-        humanReadableQuery = buildHumanReadableRecursively(
-            child,
-            humanReadableQuery,
-        );
+            humanReadableQuery = buildHumanReadableRecursively(
+                child,
+                humanReadableQuery,
+            );
 
-        if (index === queryLayer.children.length - 1) {
-        }
-        if (index < queryLayer.children.length - 1) {
-            humanReadableQuery += ` ${queryLayer.operand} `;
+            if (index === queryLayer.children.length - 1) {
+            }
+            if (index < queryLayer.children.length - 1) {
+                humanReadableQuery += ` ${queryLayer.operand} `;
+            }
         }
     });