diff --git a/api/src/Contacts.php b/api/src/Contacts.php
index 7629623893..cad088301b 100755
--- a/api/src/Contacts.php
+++ b/api/src/Contacts.php
@@ -1509,12 +1509,16 @@ class Contacts extends Contacts\Storage
 			$type = null;
 		}
 		$title =  $this->fileas($contact,$type);
-		$field_list = is_string($this->prefs['link_title_cf']) ? explode(',', $this->prefs['link_title_cf']) : $this->prefs['link_title_cf'];
-		foreach ($field_list as $field)
+
+		if (!empty($this->prefs['link_title_cf']))
 		{
-			if($contact['#'.$field])
+			$field_list = is_string($this->prefs['link_title_cf']) ? explode(',', $this->prefs['link_title_cf']) : $this->prefs['link_title_cf'];
+			foreach ($field_list as $field)
 			{
-			   $title .= ', ' . $contact['#'.$field];
+				if($contact['#'.$field])
+				{
+				   $title .= ', ' . $contact['#'.$field];
+				}
 			}
 		}
 		return $title ;