diff --git a/readme.md b/readme.md
index 63b1083..ea4c3ce 100644
--- a/readme.md
+++ b/readme.md
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ This code will be executed
 ```
 
 # Changelog
+#### 0.10 (2023-02-13)
+- Fixed a bug when no code was shown/executed
+
 #### 0.9 (2023-02-08)
 - If the whole shown code block is indented the indention is removed
 
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
index e46aee1..969399e 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/__version__.py
@@ -1 +1 @@
-__version__ = '0.9'
+__version__ = '0.10'
diff --git a/src/sphinx_exec_code/code_format.py b/src/sphinx_exec_code/code_format.py
index dad23c3..94dcd22 100644
--- a/src/sphinx_exec_code/code_format.py
+++ b/src/sphinx_exec_code/code_format.py
@@ -51,37 +51,39 @@ def add_line(self, line: str):
 
         self.lines.append(line)
 
+    def get_lines(self) -> List[str]:
+        # remove leading and tailing empty lines of the code
+        code_lines = self.lines
+        while code_lines and not code_lines[0].strip():
+            code_lines.pop(0)
+        while code_lines and not code_lines[-1].strip():
+            code_lines.pop(-1)
+        return code_lines
+
 
 def get_show_exec_code(code_lines: Iterable[str]) -> Tuple[str, str]:
-    hide = CodeMarker('hide')
-    skip = CodeMarker('skip')
+    shown = CodeMarker('hide')
+    executed = CodeMarker('skip')
 
     for org_line in code_lines:
         line = org_line.replace(' ', '').replace('-', '').lower()
 
-        if hide.is_marker(line):
-            continue
-        if skip.is_marker(line):
+        if shown.is_marker(line) or executed.is_marker(line):
             continue
 
         add_line = org_line.rstrip()
-        hide.add_line(add_line)
-        skip.add_line(add_line)
+        shown.add_line(add_line)
+        executed.add_line(add_line)
 
-    # remove leading and tailing empty lines of the shown code
-    shown_lines = hide.lines
-    while shown_lines and not shown_lines[0].strip():
-        shown_lines.pop(0)
-    while shown_lines and not shown_lines[-1].strip():
-        shown_lines.pop(-1)
+    shown_lines = shown.get_lines()
 
     # check if the shown code block is indented as a whole -> strip
     leading_spaces = [len(line) - len(line.lstrip()) for line in shown_lines]
-    if strip_spaces := min(leading_spaces):
+    if strip_spaces := min(leading_spaces, default=0):
         for i, line in enumerate(shown_lines):
             shown_lines[i] = line[strip_spaces:]
 
     shown_code = '\n'.join(shown_lines)
-    executed_code = '\n'.join(skip.lines)
+    executed_code = '\n'.join(executed.get_lines())
 
     return shown_code, executed_code.strip()
diff --git a/tests/test_code_format.py b/tests/test_code_format.py
index ebe024f..a690f69 100644
--- a/tests/test_code_format.py
+++ b/tests/test_code_format.py
@@ -37,3 +37,23 @@ def test_code_indent():
     assert show == "print('asdf')\n" \
                    "    print('1234')\n" \
                    "  # comment"
+
+
+def test_code_split_empty():
+    show, run = get_show_exec_code([''])
+    assert show == ''
+    assert run == ''
+
+
+def test_code_no_show():
+    code = '# - hide: start -\nprint("l1")\nprint("l2")'
+    show, run = get_show_exec_code(code.splitlines())
+    assert show == ''
+    assert run == 'print("l1")\nprint("l2")'
+
+
+def test_code_no_exec():
+    code = '# - skip: start -\nprint(1 / 0)\nprint(2 / 0)'
+    show, run = get_show_exec_code(code.splitlines())
+    assert show == 'print(1 / 0)\nprint(2 / 0)'
+    assert run == ''