diff --git a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
index 8de45f9f1..38f6eb578 100644
--- a/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
+++ b/webapp/src/edu/cornell/mannlib/vitro/webapp/dao/jena/JenaBaseDao.java
@@ -834,7 +834,11 @@ public class JenaBaseDao extends JenaBaseDaoCon {
         try {                       
             String localName = r.getLocalName();
             if (localName != null) {
-                label = localName;
+                if(localName.trim().length() > 0) {
+                    label = localName;
+                } else {
+                    label = r.getURI();
+                }
             } else if (r.isAnon()) {
                 label = r.getId().toString();
             } else {