diff --git a/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm b/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
index e9dc46fcd..11cc338c1 100755
--- a/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
+++ b/FHEM/01_FHEMWEB.pm
@@ -749,7 +749,7 @@ FW_makeSelect($$$$)
   return if(!$list || $FW_hiddenroom{input});
   my @al = sort map { s/:.*//;$_ } split(" ", $list);
 
-  my $selEl = $al[0];
+  my $selEl = (defined($al[0]) ? $al[0] : " ");
   $selEl = $1 if($list =~ m/([^ ]*):slider,/); # promote a slider if available
   $selEl = "room" if($list =~ m/room:/);
 
diff --git a/FHEM/98_dummy.pm b/FHEM/98_dummy.pm
index d4fcff5a6..c103eaa2b 100644
--- a/FHEM/98_dummy.pm
+++ b/FHEM/98_dummy.pm
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ dummy_Set($@)
   my $name = shift @a;
 
   return "no set value specified" if(int(@a) < 1);
-  my $setList = AttrVal($name, "setList", "*");
+  my $setList = AttrVal($name, "setList", " ");
   return "Unknown argument ?, choose one of $setList" if($a[0] eq "?");
 
   my $v = join(" ", @a);