diff --git a/openbis-ipad/openBIS/openBIS/CISDOBDetailViewController.m b/openbis-ipad/openBIS/openBIS/CISDOBDetailViewController.m
index 856efba5c6f546f2ae0617388027f86bbcf0f59d..a84b33ea56f53ebbf31b3853979d5520c01a4ede 100644
--- a/openbis-ipad/openBIS/openBIS/CISDOBDetailViewController.m
+++ b/openbis-ipad/openBIS/openBIS/CISDOBDetailViewController.m
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@
self.summaryLabel.text = self.detailItem.summary;
self.identifierLabel.text = self.detailItem.identifier;
- if (!self.detailItem.imageUrlString) {
+ if (!self.detailItem.imageUrlString || [self.detailItem.imageUrlString length] == 0) {
[self.webView loadHTMLString: @"<html><head></head><body></body></html>" baseURL: nil];
self.webView.hidden = YES;
self.webView.scrollView.hidden = YES;