diff --git a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Cms.php b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Cms.php
index f1fe380de..b8937a1f4 100644
--- a/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Cms.php
+++ b/application/controllers/api/frontend/v1/Cms.php
@@ -124,25 +124,35 @@ class Cms extends FHCAPI_Controller
 
 		//get the data or terminate with error
 		$news = $this->getDataOrTerminateWithError($news);
-		
+		// array that keeps track of which news don't have a betreff and have to be removed from the news array
+		$newsToRemove = array();
 		// collect the content of the news
-		foreach($news as $news_element){
-			$this->addMeta("content_id",$news_element->content_id);
+		foreach($news as $index=>$news_element){
 			
-			//todo: quick fix, for query builder error when fetching content
 			$this->NewsModel->resetQuery();
 			$content = $this->cmslib->getContent($news_element->content_id);
-
-			$content = getData($content);
-			
-			$news_element->content_obj = $content;
+			if(isError($content))
+			{
+				// removes the news from the news array, so that the response does not include a invalid news
+				array_push($newsToRemove,$index);
+				//add the error to the api response? visual feedback
+				//$this->addError(print_r($content->retval,true));
+				continue;
+			}
+			$content = getData($content);		
+			$news_element->content_obj = $content; 
 		}
+
+		//removes all news that don't have a betreff
+		foreach($newsToRemove as $removeNewsIndex)
+		{
+			unset($news[$removeNewsIndex]);
+		}
+
 		$withContent = function($news) {
 			return $news->content_obj != null;
-		};
-		
+		}; 
 		$newsWithContent = array_filter($news, $withContent);
-
 		$this->terminateWithSuccess($newsWithContent);
         
 	}
diff --git a/application/libraries/CmsLib.php b/application/libraries/CmsLib.php
index 60e982eab..355cf7c56 100644
--- a/application/libraries/CmsLib.php
+++ b/application/libraries/CmsLib.php
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class CmsLib
 	 * @param string	$sprache
 	 * @param boolean	$sichtbar
 	 * 
-	 * @return void
+	 * @return stdClass
 	 */
 	public function getContent($content_id, $version = null, $sprache = null, $sichtbar = true)
 	{
@@ -105,7 +105,19 @@ class CmsLib
 		if($content->titel){
 			$betreff = $content->titel;
 		}else{
+			//DomDocument getElementsByTagName returns a DomNodeList
 			$betreff = $XML->getElementsByTagName('betreff');
+			//check if any betreff was found and if it is not empty
+			if($betreff->length > 0 && !empty($betreff->item(0)->nodeValue))
+			{
+				//DomNodeList item() return a DomNode, property nodeValue contains the value of the node
+				$betreff = $betreff->item(0)->nodeValue;
+
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				return error('no betreff found for the content');
+			}
 		}
 
 		$xsltemplate = new DOMDocument();
diff --git a/public/js/components/DashboardWidget/News.js b/public/js/components/DashboardWidget/News.js
index 7e6ed4795..a459e1325 100644
--- a/public/js/components/DashboardWidget/News.js
+++ b/public/js/components/DashboardWidget/News.js
@@ -178,19 +178,16 @@ export default {
         <div v-else class="row h-100 g-0">
         	<div :class="'col-'+(width == 2? 6 : 4) + ' h-100 g-0'" style="overflow: auto;">
         		<template v-for="news in newsList" :key="'menu-'+news.news_id">
-					<template v-if="isString(news.content_obj.betreff)">
-						<div class="row fhc-news-menu-item" @click="setSelected(news)" :class="getMenuItemClass(news)" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-y: hidden;">
-							<div class="col-8 fhc-news-menu-item-betreff">
-								<p>
-									{{news.content_obj.betreff ?? ''}}
-								</p>
-							</div>
-							<span class="fhc-news-menu-item-date fw-bold">
-								{{ news.datumformatted ?? ''}}
-							</span>
+					<div class="row fhc-news-menu-item" @click="setSelected(news)" :class="getMenuItemClass(news)" style="margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; overflow-y: hidden;">
+						<div class="col-8 fhc-news-menu-item-betreff">
+							<p >
+								{{news.content_obj.betreff ?? ''}}
+							</p>
 						</div>
-					</template>
-
+						<span class="fhc-news-menu-item-date fw-bold">
+							{{ news.datumformatted ?? ''}}
+						</span>
+					</div>
 				</template>
 			</div>
 			<div :class="'col-'+(width == 2? 6 : 8) + ' h-100'" style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px;" ref="htmlContent">