diff --git a/inception/inception-recommendation/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/recommendation/sidebar/llm/InteractiveRecommenderSidebar.java b/inception/inception-recommendation/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/recommendation/sidebar/llm/InteractiveRecommenderSidebar.java
index d495456021..7d38c7c80a 100644
--- a/inception/inception-recommendation/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/recommendation/sidebar/llm/InteractiveRecommenderSidebar.java
+++ b/inception/inception-recommendation/src/main/java/de/tudarmstadt/ukp/inception/recommendation/sidebar/llm/InteractiveRecommenderSidebar.java
@@ -331,7 +331,7 @@ private List<Recommender> listInteractiveRecommenders()
 
     private List<AnnotationFeature> listFeatures()
     {
-        if (recommender == null) {
+        if (recommender == null && recommender.getObject() != null) {
             return emptyList();
         }