diff --git a/src/filter.cpp b/src/filter.cpp
index 7d55ef91..95b512ba 100644
--- a/src/filter.cpp
+++ b/src/filter.cpp
@@ -459,6 +459,10 @@ Option<bool> toFilter(const std::string expression,
         } else {
             std::vector<std::string> doc_ids;
             StringUtils::split_to_values(raw_value, doc_ids); // to handle backticks
+            if (doc_ids.empty()) {
+                return Option<bool>(400, empty_filter_err);
+            }
+
             std::string seq_id_str;
             StoreStatus seq_id_status = store->get(doc_id_prefix + doc_ids[0], seq_id_str);
             if (seq_id_status == StoreStatus::FOUND) {
diff --git a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
index 128f64c2..54ad410d 100644
--- a/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
+++ b/test/collection_filtering_test.cpp
@@ -1399,6 +1399,10 @@ TEST_F(CollectionFilteringTest, FilteringViaDocumentIds) {
     ASSERT_FALSE(res_op.ok());
     ASSERT_EQ("Error with filter field `id`: Filter value cannot be empty.", res_op.error());
 
+    res_op = coll1->search("*", {}, "id: ``", {}, sort_fields, {0}, 10, 1, FREQUENCY, {true});
+    ASSERT_FALSE(res_op.ok());
+    ASSERT_EQ("Error with filter field `id`: Filter value cannot be empty.", res_op.error());
+
     // when no IDs exist
     results = coll1->search("*",
                             {}, "id: [1000] && num_employees: <300",