diff --git a/R/create_edges.R b/R/create_edges.R
index b44c60b1..46b9bd80 100644
--- a/R/create_edges.R
+++ b/R/create_edges.R
@@ -25,23 +25,19 @@ create_edges <- function(frags,
     .f = function(index) {
       target_indices <- (index + 1):nspecs
 
-      scores <- vapply(
-        target_indices,
-        function(target) {
-          msentropy::calculate_entropy_similarity(
-            peaks_a = frags[[index]],
-            peaks_b = frags[[target]],
-            min_mz = 0,
-            max_mz = 5000,
-            noise_threshold = 0,
-            ms2_tolerance_in_da = ms2_tolerance,
-            ms2_tolerance_in_ppm = ppm_tolerance,
-            max_peak_num = -1,
-            clean_spectra = TRUE
-          )
-        },
-        numeric(1)
-      )
+      scores <- vapply(target_indices, function(target) {
+        msentropy::calculate_entropy_similarity(
+          peaks_a = frags[[index]],
+          peaks_b = frags[[target]],
+          min_mz = 0,
+          max_mz = 5000,
+          noise_threshold = 0,
+          ms2_tolerance_in_da = ms2_tolerance,
+          ms2_tolerance_in_ppm = ppm_tolerance,
+          max_peak_num = -1,
+          clean_spectra = TRUE
+        )
+      }, numeric(1))
 
       valid_indices <- which(scores >= threshold)
 
@@ -56,6 +52,14 @@ create_edges <- function(frags,
       }
     }
   )
-
-  tidytable::bind_rows(edges[!sapply(edges, is.null)])
+  edges <- edges[!sapply(edges, is.null)]
+  if (length(edges) > 0) {
+    tidytable::bind_rows(edges)
+  } else {
+    tidytable::tidytable(
+      feature_id = NA_integer_,
+      target_id = NA_integer_,
+      score = NA_real_
+    )
+  }
 }
diff --git a/codemeta.json b/codemeta.json
index c737478c..e9ce752f 100644
--- a/codemeta.json
+++ b/codemeta.json
@@ -573,7 +573,7 @@
     "SystemRequirements": null
   },
   "keywords": ["metaboliteannotation", "chemotaxonomy", "scoringsystem", "naturalproducts", "computationalmetabolomics", "taxonomicdistance", "specializedmetabolome"],
-  "fileSize": "2389.028KB",
+  "fileSize": "2389.15KB",
   "citation": [
     {
       "@type": "SoftwareSourceCode",