diff --git a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/create_editions_button.js b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/create_editions_button.js
index 891aa01d..8eebeaf7 100644
--- a/js/components/ascribe_buttons/create_editions_button.js
+++ b/js/components/ascribe_buttons/create_editions_button.js
@@ -42,18 +42,19 @@ let CreateEditionsButton = React.createClass({
     },
 
     startPolling() {
-        let filterBy = this.state.editionList[this.props.piece.id].filterBy;
         // start polling until editions are defined
         let pollingIntervalIndex = setInterval(() => {
 
-            EditionListActions.fetchEditionList(this.props.piece.id, null, null, null, null, filterBy)
+            // requests, will try to merge the filterBy parameter with other parameters (mergeOptions).
+            // Therefore it can't but null but instead has to be an empty object
+            EditionListActions.fetchEditionList(this.props.piece.id, null, null, null, null, {})
             .then((res) => {
 
                 clearInterval(this.state.pollingIntervalIndex);
                 this.props.onPollingSuccess(this.props.piece.id, res.editions[0].num_editions);
 
             })
-            .catch(() => {
+            .catch((err) => {
                 /* Ignore and keep going */
             });
         }, 5000);