diff --git a/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go b/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
index b8f21428d27458b6e07102d5c0be664478ff6b20..ef07e61e82cb444ecc4466961af7b579e46e72d5 100644
--- a/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
+++ b/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ func NamedValuesFromURL(params map[string]string, multiValueParams map[string][]
 		splitValues := []string{}
 		for _, value := range values {
 			//split only if valid CSV between [...]
+			if value == "" {
+				continue
+			}
 			if value[0] == '[' && value[len(value)-1] == ']' {
 				csvReader := csv.NewReader(strings.NewReader(value[1 : len(value)-1]))
 				csvValues, csvErr := csvReader.Read() //this automatically removes quotes around some/all CSV inside the [...]