diff --git a/lib/app/configuration/command_configuration.ml b/lib/app/configuration/command_configuration.ml
index 20717ab..bab042b 100644
--- a/lib/app/configuration/command_configuration.ml
+++ b/lib/app/configuration/command_configuration.ml
@@ -692,11 +692,14 @@ let ripgrep_file_filters specifications args : string list =
   in
   let result = Ripgrep.run ~pattern:regex ~args in
   match result with
-  | Ok result ->
+  | Ok Some result ->
     if debug then Format.printf "Ripgrep result: %s@." @@ String.concat ~sep:"\n" result;
     result
+  | Ok None ->
+    if debug then Format.printf "No ripgrep results, no files to process. Exiting 0.";
+    exit 0
   | Error e ->
-    Format.eprintf "%s@." (Error.to_string_hum e);
+    if debug then Format.eprintf "%s@." (Error.to_string_hum e);
     exit 1
 
 let create
diff --git a/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.ml b/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.ml
index 2b5f108..2804de1 100644
--- a/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.ml
+++ b/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.ml
@@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ let run ~pattern ~args =
     Lwt_process.with_process_in lwt_command (fun proc ->
         recv proc >>= fun result ->
         proc#status >>= function
+        | WEXITED v when v = 1 -> return (Ok None) (* no matches *)
         | WEXITED v when v <> 0 -> return @@ Or_error.errorf "Error executing rg, exit status %d." v
-        | _ -> return (Ok (String.split ~on:'\n' result |> List.filter ~f:(String.(<>) ""))))
+        | _ -> return (Ok (Some (String.split ~on:'\n' result |> List.filter ~f:(String.(<>) "")))))
   in
   try Lwt_main.run (f ()) with Sys.Break -> exit 0
diff --git a/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.mli b/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.mli
index 242cd07..3db6c04 100644
--- a/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.mli
+++ b/lib/app/configuration/ripgrep.mli
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@ open Core
 (* [run pattern args] accepts a [pattern] and list of extra ripgrep-compatible
    arguments [args], for example, ["-g"; "*.go"; "-g"; "*.ts"]. Returns a list
    of files if the commands succeeds. *)
-val run : pattern:string -> args:string list -> string list Or_error.t
+val run : pattern:string -> args:string list -> string list option Or_error.t