diff --git a/src/app/mainwindow.cpp b/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
index 8f86adf6a..1ee9b8f73 100644
--- a/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
+++ b/src/app/mainwindow.cpp
@@ -1411,6 +1411,10 @@ void MainWindow::Open()
     }
     qCDebug(vMainWindow)<<"Run QFileDialog::getOpenFileName: dir ="<<dir<<".";
     const QString filePath = QFileDialog::getOpenFileName(this, tr("Open file"), dir, filter);
+    if (filePath.isEmpty())
+    {
+        return;
+    }
     LoadPattern(filePath);
 }