diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/maction.js b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/maction.js
index b2232702d..511315df0 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/maction.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/HTML-CSS/autoload/maction.js
@@ -43,15 +43,19 @@ MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook("HTML-CSS Jax Ready",function () {
     HTMLtooltip: HTMLCSS.addElement(document.body,"div",{id:"MathJax_Tooltip"}),
     
     toHTML: function (span,HW,D) {
-      span = this.HTMLhandleSize(this.HTMLcreateSpan(span)); span.bbox = null;
       var selected = this.selected();
-      if (selected.type !== "null") {
-        var box = selected.toHTML(span);
-        if (D != null) {HTMLCSS.Remeasured(selected.HTMLstretchV(span,HW,D),span)}
-        else if (HW != null) {HTMLCSS.Remeasured(selected.HTMLstretchH(span,HW),span)}
-	else {HTMLCSS.Measured(box,span)}
-        this.HTMLhandleHitBox(span);
+      if (selected.type == "null") {
+        span = this.HTMLcreateSpan(span);
+        span.bbox = {h:0, d:0, w:0, lw:0, rw:0};
+        return span;
       }
+      span = this.HTMLhandleSize(this.HTMLcreateSpan(span)); span.bbox = null;
+      var box = selected.toHTML(span);
+      if (D != null) {HTMLCSS.Remeasured(selected.HTMLstretchV(span,HW,D),span)}
+      else if (HW != null) {
+        HTMLCSS.Remeasured(selected.HTMLstretchH(span,HW),span)
+      } else {HTMLCSS.Measured(box,span)}
+      this.HTMLhandleHitBox(span);
       this.HTMLhandleSpace(span);
       this.HTMLhandleColor(span);
       return span;
diff --git a/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/maction.js b/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/maction.js
index 2f7b0cbc2..f587f76b6 100644
--- a/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/maction.js
+++ b/unpacked/jax/output/SVG/autoload/maction.js
@@ -46,10 +46,9 @@ MathJax.Hub.Register.StartupHook("SVG Jax Ready",function () {
       this.SVGgetStyles();
       var svg = this.SVG();
       var selected = this.selected();
-      if (selected.type !== "null") {
-        svg.Add(this.SVGdataStretched(this.Get("selection")-1,HW,D));
-        this.SVGhandleHitBox(svg);
-      }
+      if (selected.type == "null") {this.SVGsaveData(svg);return svg;}
+      svg.Add(this.SVGdataStretched(this.Get("selection")-1,HW,D));
+      this.SVGhandleHitBox(svg);
       this.SVGhandleSpace(svg);
       this.SVGhandleColor(svg);
       this.SVGsaveData(svg);