diff --git a/changelog.md b/changelog.md
index b0eae937..8d3b718a 100644
--- a/changelog.md
+++ b/changelog.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 - Tweaked the way items that cost items are stored in the item's flags to avoid deeply nested data. Instead, the items that are required to buy other items are stored in a compendium for ease of access and long term storage.
 - Fixed free items still showing up in merchants when the setting to hide them was enabled
+- Fixed merchants with nothing for sale not displaying the text about this fact in the interface
 
 ## Version 2.7.3
 
diff --git a/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantItemTab.svelte b/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantItemTab.svelte
index f27fee43..d948925d 100644
--- a/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantItemTab.svelte
+++ b/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantItemTab.svelte
@@ -120,11 +120,9 @@
 
 	{/if}
 
-</div>
-
-{#if !$categoryStore.length}
+	{#if !$categoryStore.length}
 
-	<div style="height: calc(100% - 51px);" class="item-piles-flexcol align-center-col">
+		<div style="height: calc(100% - 51px);" class="item-piles-flexcol align-center-col">
 
     <span class="align-center-row" style="font-size:1.25rem; opacity: 0.8;">
       {#if visibleItems.length}
@@ -134,9 +132,11 @@
       {/if}
     </span>
 
-	</div>
+		</div>
+
+	{/if}
 
-{/if}
+</div>
 
 <style lang="scss">
 
diff --git a/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantRightPane.svelte b/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantRightPane.svelte
index f17a5da9..33a476f3 100644
--- a/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantRightPane.svelte
+++ b/src/applications/merchant-app/MerchantRightPane.svelte
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 				<span>{localize("ITEM-PILES.Merchant.MerchantClosed")}</span>
 			</div>
 		{:else if $activeTab === "buy"}
-			<MerchantItemTab {store}/>
+			<MerchantItemTab {store} noItemsLabel="ITEM-PILES.Merchant.NoItemsForSale"/>
 		{:else if $activeTab === "services" }
 			<MerchantItemTab {store} services={true}/>
 		{:else if $activeTab === "sell"}