diff --git a/view/js/autocomplete.js b/view/js/autocomplete.js
index 40a9cd4c8..3c35df860 100644
--- a/view/js/autocomplete.js
+++ b/view/js/autocomplete.js
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ function contact_format(item) {
 	// Show contact information if not explicitly told to show something else
 	if(typeof item.text === 'undefined') {
 		var desc = ((item.label) ? item.nick + ' ' + item.label : item.nick)
+		if(typeof desc === 'undefined') desc = '';
 		if(desc) desc = ' ('+desc+')';
 		return "<div class='{0}' title='{4}'><img src='{1}'>{2}{3}</div>".format(item.taggable, item.photo, item.name, desc, item.link)
 	}