diff --git a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/highscore/ui/_content/highscore.html b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/highscore/ui/_content/highscore.html
index 3ceacc2f2c8558b6959e1188907e45186206f275..c45c69c028cd0bfaaa4de80242f945e4e1ce8c82 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/olat/course/highscore/ui/_content/highscore.html
+++ b/src/main/java/org/olat/course/highscore/ui/_content/highscore.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 					#end
 				</div>
 			#end
-			#if ($first)
+			#if ($first || $first == '')
 				<div class="col-sm-6 o_podium">
 					<div class="o_rank o_first">
 						#if ($r.available("portrait1"))