diff --git a/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go b/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
index acea897ba16eec68c415fac84fd2664196060560..68d8536b2fe451b87973cfa9166453c38131e939 100644
--- a/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
+++ b/struct_utils/named_values_to_struct.go
@@ -140,6 +140,9 @@ 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 [...]