diff --git a/dev/js/spec/menuSpec.js b/dev/js/spec/menuSpec.js
index 09848fc..c13d5e6 100644
--- a/dev/js/spec/menuSpec.js
+++ b/dev/js/spec/menuSpec.js
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@
       menu._firstActive = true;
       expect(menu.itemClass()).toEqual(KorAP.OwnMenuItem);
       expect(menu.element().nodeName).toEqual('UL');
-      expect(menu.element().style.opacity).toEqual("0");
+      expect(menu.element().classList.contains('visible')).toBeFalsy();
       expect(menu.limit()).toEqual(8);
 
       menu.limit(9);
diff --git a/dev/js/src/init.js b/dev/js/src/init.js
index e79837b..eafb021 100644
--- a/dev/js/src/init.js
+++ b/dev/js/src/init.js
@@ -196,11 +196,19 @@
       if (KorAP.koralQuery["errors"]) {
 	var errors = KorAP.koralQuery["errors"];
 	for (var i in errors) {
-	  if (errors[i][0] === 302) {
+
+	  // Malformed query
+	  if (errors[i][0] === 302 && errors[i][2]) {
 	    obj.hint = hintClass.create();
 	    obj.hint.alert(errors[i][2], errors[i][1]);
 	    break;
 	  }
+
+	  // no query
+	  else if (errors[i][0] === 301) {
+	    obj.hint = hintClass.create();
+	    obj.hint.alert(0, errors[i][1]);	    
+	  }
 	}
       };
 
diff --git a/dev/js/src/selectMenu.js b/dev/js/src/selectMenu.js
index 3e5c605..db5a52b 100644
--- a/dev/js/src/selectMenu.js
+++ b/dev/js/src/selectMenu.js
@@ -40,10 +40,8 @@
 	obj._title.appendChild(document.createTextNode(''));
 	obj._container.appendChild(obj.element());
 
-
 	obj._container.addEventListener('click', obj.showSelected.bind(obj));
 
-
 	// Add index information to each item
 	for (i in obj._items) {
 	  obj._items[i]._index = i;