From 93a1c0f0892b32fde350ebcd7b064b641e8b4cb5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Siedlerchr <siedlerkiller@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2023 22:45:44 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Fix NPE in lookup identifer

Fixes #10629
---
 .../jabref/gui/fieldeditors/identifier/IdentifierEditor.java   | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/identifier/IdentifierEditor.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/identifier/IdentifierEditor.java
index 7afd5d23fde..567f6c45047 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/identifier/IdentifierEditor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/gui/fieldeditors/identifier/IdentifierEditor.java
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ public class IdentifierEditor extends HBox implements FieldEditorFX {
     @Inject private UndoManager undoManager;
     @Inject private StateManager stateManager;
 
-    private Optional<BibEntry> entry;
+    private Optional<BibEntry> entry = Optional.empty();
 
     public IdentifierEditor(Field field,
                             SuggestionProvider<?> suggestionProvider,
@@ -96,6 +96,7 @@ public BaseIdentifierEditorViewModel<?> getViewModel() {
 
     @Override
     public void bindToEntry(BibEntry entry) {
+        this.entry = Optional.of(entry);
         viewModel.bindToEntry(entry);
     }