diff --git a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
index 0f8c25099..8815f6e4b 100755
--- a/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
+++ b/Blacklight/NameFixer.php
@@ -1200,25 +1200,27 @@ class NameFixer
     {
         $matching = 0;
 
-        foreach (explode('||', $release->filename) as $key => $fileName) {
-            $this->_fileName = $fileName;
-            $this->_cleanMatchFiles();
-            $preMatch = $this->preMatch($this->_fileName);
-            if ($preMatch[0] === true) {
-                foreach (Predb::search($preMatch[1])->get()->chunk(1000)->first() as $result) {
-                    $preFtMatch = $this->preMatch($result['filename']);
-                    if ($preFtMatch[0] === true) {
-                        similar_text($preMatch[1], $preFtMatch[1], $percent);
-                        if ($percent >= 93) {
-                            $this->_fileName = $result['filename'];
-                            $release->filename = $this->_fileName;
-                            if ($result['title'] !== $release->searchname) {
-                                $this->updateRelease($release, $result['title'], $method = 'file matched source: '.$result['source'], $echo, 'PreDB file match, ', $nameStatus, $show, $result['id']);
-                            } else {
-                                $this->_updateSingleColumn('predb_id', $result['id'], $release->releases_id);
+        if (! empty($release->filename)) {
+            foreach (explode('||', $release->filename) as $key => $fileName) {
+                $this->_fileName = $fileName;
+                $this->_cleanMatchFiles();
+                $preMatch = $this->preMatch($this->_fileName);
+                if ($preMatch[0] === true) {
+                    foreach (Predb::search($preMatch[1])->get()->chunk(1000)->first() as $result) {
+                        $preFtMatch = $this->preMatch($result['filename']);
+                        if ($preFtMatch[0] === true) {
+                            similar_text($preMatch[1], $preFtMatch[1], $percent);
+                            if ($percent >= 93) {
+                                $this->_fileName = $result['filename'];
+                                $release->filename = $this->_fileName;
+                                if ($result['title'] !== $release->searchname) {
+                                    $this->updateRelease($release, $result['title'], $method = 'file matched source: '.$result['source'], $echo, 'PreDB file match, ', $nameStatus, $show, $result['id']);
+                                } else {
+                                    $this->_updateSingleColumn('predb_id', $result['id'], $release->releases_id);
+                                }
+                                $matching++;
+                                break;
                             }
-                            $matching++;
-                            break;
                         }
                     }
                 }
diff --git a/Changelog b/Changelog
index 1a4d8a77e..6400ef0e7 100755
--- a/Changelog
+++ b/Changelog
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 2018-10-19 DariusIII
+	* Chg: Check for empty filename before processing filename matching
 	* Chg: Increase matching percentage for matchPreDbFiles function
 2018-10-18 DariusIII
 	* Chg: Remove unused $this->pdo instances