diff --git a/db/StoredProcedures.sql b/db/StoredProcedures.sql
index 3b0ea1437824ca1cbd6b9e6b17e391f055141638..230b322964a4e0d8b348d88dfb1944817d927c7f 100644
--- a/db/StoredProcedures.sql
+++ b/db/StoredProcedures.sql
@@ -1313,7 +1313,8 @@ BEGIN
 	SELECT departments.ID 
 	INTO DepID
 	FROM `departments`
-	WHERE departments.Name = DepartmentName
+	WHERE 	departments.Name = DepartmentName OR
+			(DepartmentName = '' AND departments.Name IS NULL)
 	LIMIT 1;
 	IF DepID <= 0 THEN
 		RETURN -1;