diff --git a/lib/sifter.ts b/lib/sifter.ts
index df1af85..d2a3093 100644
--- a/lib/sifter.ts
+++ b/lib/sifter.ts
@@ -149,6 +149,9 @@ export default class Sifter{
 		field_count		= fields.length,
 		getAttrFn		= search.getAttrFn;
 
+		if (!field_count) {
+			return function() { return 1; };
+		}
 
 
 		/**
@@ -161,9 +164,6 @@ export default class Sifter{
 		 */
 		const scoreObject = (function() {
 
-			if (!field_count) {
-				return function() { return 0; };
-			}
 
 			if (field_count === 1) {
 				return function(token:TToken, data) {
diff --git a/test/search.js b/test/search.js
index 1b574ea..abab18c 100644
--- a/test/search.js
+++ b/test/search.js
@@ -287,4 +287,21 @@ describe('#search()', function() {
 	});
 
 
+	it('empty field', function() {
+
+		var data = [
+			{fieldx: 'aaa', fieldy: 'abb'},
+			{fieldx: 'abb', fieldy: 'aaa'}
+		];
+		var sifter = new Sifter(data);
+
+		var result = sifter.search('b', {
+			fields: []
+		});
+
+		assert.equal(result.items.length,2);
+		assert.equal(result.items[0].id,0);
+	});
+
+
 });