diff --git a/apps/client/src/locales/messages.de.xlf b/apps/client/src/locales/messages.de.xlf
index aff0d63a6..dabb2bb66 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/locales/messages.de.xlf
+++ b/apps/client/src/locales/messages.de.xlf
@@ -7260,7 +7260,7 @@
       </trans-unit>
       <trans-unit id="b225488f8b209e9704760dc9f5d99845a5d07bf6" datatype="html">
         <source>Oops! Could not find any assets.</source>
-        <target state="translated">Hoppla! Es konnten keine Assets gefunden werden.</target>
+        <target state="translated">Ups! Es konnten leider keine Assets gefunden werden.</target>
         <context-group purpose="location">
           <context context-type="sourcefile">libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html</context>
           <context context-type="linenumber">16</context>
diff --git a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
index 505309151..31ceb5dad 100644
--- a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
+++ b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.html
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   (optionSelected)="onUpdateSymbol($event)"
 >
   @if (!isLoading) {
-    @if (!empty && !filteredLookupItems.length) {
+    @if (hasNoItemsPostLoading) {
       <mat-option class="line-height-1" disabled="true" i18n
         >Oops! Could not find any assets.
       </mat-option>
diff --git a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.ts b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.ts
index 8e07ed674..d7e74157d 100644
--- a/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.ts
+++ b/libs/ui/src/lib/symbol-autocomplete/symbol-autocomplete.component.ts
@@ -85,6 +85,7 @@ export class GfSymbolAutocompleteComponent
   @ViewChild('symbolAutocomplete') public symbolAutocomplete: MatAutocomplete;
 
   public control = new FormControl();
+  public hasNoItemsPostLoading = false;
   public filteredLookupItems: (LookupItem & { assetSubClassString: string })[] =
     [];
 
@@ -144,6 +145,7 @@ export class GfSymbolAutocompleteComponent
         });
 
         this.isLoading = false;
+        this.hasNoItemsPostLoading = !this.filteredLookupItems.length;
 
         this.changeDetectorRef.markForCheck();
       });