diff --git a/src/viralhostrange/viralhostrangedb/static/js/browse.js b/src/viralhostrange/viralhostrangedb/static/js/browse.js
index 280327c8b210bc67d67336e8b2bc0ecc7e4ad9ae..4f9ac6122f7209647dcffde0008ff88fca10b755 100644
--- a/src/viralhostrange/viralhostrangedb/static/js/browse.js
+++ b/src/viralhostrange/viralhostrangedb/static/js/browse.js
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ $(document).ready(function(){
                 .parentNode
                 .querySelectorAll('[for="'+radio_id+'"]')
                 .forEach(e => e.parentNode.removeChild(e));
-            if(e.target.id != radio_id){
+            if(e.target.value != ''){
                 add_badge(radio_id, e.target.parentNode.querySelectorAll("label")[0].textContent);
             }
         }else{