diff --git a/server/objects/entities/Author.js b/server/objects/entities/Author.js
index ebbe2b76..2c7f54fd 100644
--- a/server/objects/entities/Author.js
+++ b/server/objects/entities/Author.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const Logger = require('../../Logger')
 const { getId } = require('../../utils/index')
 
 class Author {
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ class Author {
   construct(author) {
     this.id = author.id
     this.asin = author.asin
-    this.name = author.name
+    this.name = author.name || ''
     this.description = author.description || null
     this.imagePath = author.imagePath
     this.relImagePath = author.relImagePath
@@ -81,6 +82,10 @@ class Author {
 
   checkNameEquals(name) {
     if (!name) return false
+    if (this.name === null) {
+      Logger.error(`[Author] Author name is null (${this.id})`)
+      return false
+    }
     return this.name.toLowerCase() == name.toLowerCase().trim()
   }
 }
diff --git a/server/utils/parseNameString.js b/server/utils/parseNameString.js
index 18212e30..068470a1 100644
--- a/server/utils/parseNameString.js
+++ b/server/utils/parseNameString.js
@@ -79,6 +79,9 @@ module.exports.parse = (nameString) => {
     }
   }
 
+  // Filter out names that have no first and last
+  names = names.filter(n => n.first_name || n.last_name)
+
   var namesArray = names.map(a => a.first_name ? `${a.first_name} ${a.last_name}` : a.last_name)
   var firstLast = names.length ? namesArray.join(', ') : ''
   var lastFirst = names.length ? names.map(a => a.first_name ? `${a.last_name}, ${a.first_name}` : a.last_name).join(', ') : ''