diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/full/ResourceService.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/full/ResourceService.java
index 06b6106..0db2b48 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/full/ResourceService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/full/ResourceService.java
@@ -1007,6 +1007,7 @@
             user = controller.getUser(tokenContext.getUsername());
         }
         catch (KustvaktException e) {
+
             jlog.error("Exception encountered: {}", e.string());
             throw KustvaktResponseHandler.throwit(e);
         }
@@ -1030,7 +1031,7 @@
                     if (spl != null) {
                         f_list.add(sep[0]);
                         l_list.add(sep[1]);
-                    }
+                    };
                     results = searchKrill.getMatch(matchid, new ArrayList<>(
                             f_list), new ArrayList<>(l_list), spans, false,
                             true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/light/LightService.java b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/light/LightService.java
index e28b85b..1003e0d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/light/LightService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ids_mannheim/korap/web/service/light/LightService.java
@@ -313,6 +313,8 @@
                 && !foundries.contains("*"))
             f_list = new ArrayList<>(foundries);
 
+        spans = spans != null ? spans : false;
+		
         boolean match_only = foundries == null || foundries.isEmpty();
         String results;
         if (match_only)