diff --git a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
index 7526356d0..3a36bce0d 100644
--- a/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
+++ b/src/plugins/webreport/NarrativeWeb.py
@@ -6097,7 +6097,7 @@ def alphabet_navigation(menu_set, alphakey):
 
     # if no letters or words, return None to its callers
     if not sorted_alpha_index:
-        return None
+        return None, None
 
     num_ltrs = len(sorted_alpha_index)
     num_of_cols = 34 if alphakey is not _ALPHAEVENT else 10