diff --git a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
index 465f1631..d2d36d37 100644
--- a/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
+++ b/src/commands/CmdAnnotate.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int CmdAnnotate (
   flattenDatabase (database, rules);
   auto intervals = getIntervalsByIds (database, rules, ids);
 
-  if (intervals.empty ())
+  if (ids.empty ())
   {
     if (database.empty ())
     {