diff --git a/app/src/protyle/render/av/col.ts b/app/src/protyle/render/av/col.ts
index 7490356dd..339f0bf32 100644
--- a/app/src/protyle/render/av/col.ts
+++ b/app/src/protyle/render/av/col.ts
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ export const bindEditEvent = (options: { protyle: IProtyle, data: IAV, menuEleme
                     return true;
                 }
             });
-            if (hasSelected) {
+            if (hasSelected || !addOptionElement.value) {
                 return;
             }
             colData.options.push({
diff --git a/app/src/protyle/render/av/select.ts b/app/src/protyle/render/av/select.ts
index 67c84d37e..f2eb5993f 100644
--- a/app/src/protyle/render/av/select.ts
+++ b/app/src/protyle/render/av/select.ts
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ export const setColOption = (protyle: IProtyle, data: IAV, target: HTMLElement,
     let name = target.parentElement.dataset.name;
     let color = target.parentElement.dataset.color;
     const menu = new Menu("av-col-option", () => {
-        if (name === inputElement.value) {
+        if (name === inputElement.value || !inputElement.value) {
             return;
         }
         transaction(protyle, [{