diff --git a/osxphotos/_version.py b/osxphotos/_version.py
index 0a0fc1f2..90aaf9a3 100644
--- a/osxphotos/_version.py
+++ b/osxphotos/_version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """ version info """
 
-__version__ = "0.42.73"
+__version__ = "0.42.74"
diff --git a/osxphotos/phototemplate.py b/osxphotos/phototemplate.py
index 32f4f3b1..f7d2491c 100644
--- a/osxphotos/phototemplate.py
+++ b/osxphotos/phototemplate.py
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ class PhotoTemplate:
 
             if self.expand_inplace or delim is not None:
                 sep = delim if delim is not None else self.inplace_sep
-                vals = [sep.join(sorted(vals))]
+                vals = [sep.join(sorted(vals))] if vals else []
 
             for filter_ in filters:
                 vals = self.get_template_value_filter(filter_, vals)
diff --git a/tests/test_cli.py b/tests/test_cli.py
index fe065453..b1497801 100644
--- a/tests/test_cli.py
+++ b/tests/test_cli.py
@@ -793,6 +793,10 @@ UUID_DICT_FOLDER_ALBUM_SEQ = {
     },
 }
 
+UUID_EMPTY_TITLE = "7783E8E6-9CAC-40F3-BE22-81FB7051C266"  # IMG_3092.heic
+FILENAME_EMPTY_TITLE = "IMG_3092.heic"
+DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE_EMPTY_TITLE = "{title,No Title} and {descr,No Descr}"
+DESCRIPTION_VALUE_EMPTY_TITLE =  "No Title and No Descr"
 
 def modify_file(filename):
     """appends data to a file to modify it"""
@@ -7121,3 +7125,39 @@ def test_export_album_seq():
             f"{UUID_DICT_FOLDER_ALBUM_SEQ[uuid]['album']}/{UUID_DICT_FOLDER_ALBUM_SEQ[uuid]['result']}"
             in files
         )
+
+
+@pytest.mark.skipif(exiftool is None, reason="exiftool not installed")
+def test_export_description_template():
+    """Test for issue #506"""
+    import json
+    import os
+    import os.path
+
+    import osxphotos
+    from osxphotos.cli import cli
+    from osxphotos.exiftool import ExifTool
+
+    runner = CliRunner()
+    cwd = os.getcwd()
+    # pylint: disable=not-context-manager
+    with runner.isolated_filesystem():
+        result = runner.invoke(
+            cli,
+            [
+                "export",
+                "--db",
+                os.path.join(cwd, PHOTOS_DB_15_7),
+                ".",
+                "--sidecar=json",
+                f"--uuid={UUID_EMPTY_TITLE}",
+                "-V",
+                "--description-template",
+                DESCRIPTION_TEMPLATE_EMPTY_TITLE,
+                "--exiftool"
+            ],
+        )
+        assert result.exit_code == 0
+        exif = ExifTool(FILENAME_EMPTY_TITLE).asdict()
+        assert exif["EXIF:ImageDescription"] == DESCRIPTION_VALUE_EMPTY_TITLE
+
diff --git a/tests/test_template.py b/tests/test_template.py
index ded3c02c..b9cf66b7 100644
--- a/tests/test_template.py
+++ b/tests/test_template.py
@@ -393,6 +393,12 @@ UUID_ALBUM_SEQ = {
     },
 }
 
+UUID_EMPTY_TITLE = "7783E8E6-9CAC-40F3-BE22-81FB7051C266"  # IMG_3092.heic
+
+TEMPLATE_VALUES_EMPTY_TITLE = {
+    "{title,No Title} and {descr,No Descr}": "No Title and No Descr"
+}
+
 
 @pytest.fixture(scope="module")
 def photosdb_places():
@@ -1179,3 +1185,11 @@ def test_detected_text(photosdb):
     for template, value in TEMPLATE_VALUES_DETECTED_TEXT.items():
         rendered, _ = photo.render_template(template)
         assert value in "".join(rendered)
+
+
+def test_empty_title(photosdb):
+    """Test for issue #506"""
+    photo = photosdb.get_photo(UUID_EMPTY_TITLE)
+    for template, value in TEMPLATE_VALUES_EMPTY_TITLE.items():
+        rendered, _ = photo.render_template(template)
+        assert value in "".join(rendered)