diff --git a/ext/bg/js/deinflector.js b/ext/bg/js/deinflector.js
index 2d567e6b..4cdc9a3d 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/deinflector.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/deinflector.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ class Deinflector {
     deinflect(term, validator) {
         const node = new Deinflection(term);
         return node.deinflect(validator, this.rules).then(success => {
-            return success ? node.gather() : null;
+            return success ? node.gather() : [];
         });
     }
 }
diff --git a/ext/bg/js/translator.js b/ext/bg/js/translator.js
index dcc2e5ac..ccf1876f 100644
--- a/ext/bg/js/translator.js
+++ b/ext/bg/js/translator.js
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Translator {
                 this.deinflector.deinflect(text.slice(0, i), term => {
                     return this.dictionary.findTerm(term).then(definitions => definitions.map(def => def.tags));
                 }).then(inflects => {
-                    for (const inflect of inflects || []) {
+                    for (const inflect of inflects) {
                         this.processTerm(groups, df.source, df.tags, df.rules, df.root);
                     }
                 })