diff --git a/local/bin/abduco_list b/local/bin/abduco_list
index e9297da..ca28bc0 100755
--- a/local/bin/abduco_list
+++ b/local/bin/abduco_list
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 session="$(abduco | tail -n +2 | cut -f3 | dmenu)"
-urxvtc -e abduco -a "$session"
+if [ ! -z "$session" ]; then
+    urxvtc -e abduco -a "$session"
+fi
diff --git a/local/bin/abduco_run b/local/bin/abduco_run
index 245ded6..6c054ca 100755
--- a/local/bin/abduco_run
+++ b/local/bin/abduco_run
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 command="$(dmenu_path | dmenu)"
-urxvtc -e abduco -A "$command" $command
+if [ ! -z "$command" ]; then
+    urxvtc -e abduco -A "$command" $command
+fi