X-Git-Url: http://source.jalview.org/gitweb/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=src%2Fjalview%2Fext%2Fensembl%2FEnsemblLookup.java;h=6483401145320aa077daa1568664e0cb05db61a8;hb=7f2bb99cee53626f577b3f350137a6e6ea8cc5f6;hp=eb8f90ee738dcb1391137e6d0e755284df00bdf4;hpb=604cbee405a837565ba1a74aa9bddd62aed685ab;p=jalview.git

diff --git a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
index eb8f90e..6483401 100644
--- a/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/ext/ensembl/EnsemblLookup.java
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ public class EnsemblLookup extends EnsemblRestClient
       {
         br = getHttpResponse(url, ids);
       }
-      return (parseResponse(br));
+      return br == null ? null : parseResponse(br);
     } catch (IOException e)
     {
       // ignore