diff --git a/boxmot/trackers/basetracker.py b/boxmot/trackers/basetracker.py
index 4987ae7ba6..c56ac0f669 100644
--- a/boxmot/trackers/basetracker.py
+++ b/boxmot/trackers/basetracker.py
@@ -125,6 +125,11 @@ def per_class_decorator(update_method):
         Decorator for the update method to handle per-class processing.
         """
         def wrapper(self, dets: np.ndarray, img: np.ndarray, embs: np.ndarray = None):
+            
+            #handle different types of inputs
+            if dets is None or len(dets) == 0:
+                dets = np.empty((0, 6))
+            
             if self.per_class:
                 # Initialize an array to store the tracks for each class
                 per_class_tracks = []
diff --git a/tests/unit/test_trackers.py b/tests/unit/test_trackers.py
index fa7d7ff8ad..763ed23bcb 100644
--- a/tests/unit/test_trackers.py
+++ b/tests/unit/test_trackers.py
@@ -165,3 +165,22 @@ def test_per_class_tracker_active_tracks(tracker_type):
     assert tracker.per_class_active_tracks[0], "No active tracks for class 0"
     assert tracker.per_class_active_tracks[65], "No active tracks for class 65"
 
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("tracker_type", ALL_TRACKERS)
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("dets", [None, np.array([])])
+def test_tracker_with_no_detections(tracker_type, dets):
+    tracker_conf = get_tracker_config(tracker_type)
+    tracker = create_tracker(
+        tracker_type=tracker_type,
+        tracker_config=tracker_conf,
+        reid_weights=WEIGHTS / 'mobilenetv2_x1_4_dukemtmcreid.pt',
+        device='cpu',
+        half=False,
+        per_class=False
+    )
+
+    rgb = np.random.randint(255, size=(640, 640, 3), dtype=np.uint8)
+    embs = np.random.random(size=(2, 512))
+    
+    output = tracker.update(dets, rgb, embs)
+    assert output.size == 0, "Output should be empty when no detections are provided"
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