diff --git a/extensions/css/server/src/services/cssNavigation.ts b/extensions/css/server/src/services/cssNavigation.ts
index 59887d6d555403b25756096e0c355aa9c6434a88..97569cebb44f6d9a4b54281aae701b5d25723e1f 100644
--- a/extensions/css/server/src/services/cssNavigation.ts
+++ b/extensions/css/server/src/services/cssNavigation.ts
@@ -21,12 +21,20 @@ export class CSSNavigation {
 		let node = nodes.getNodeAtOffset(stylesheet, offset);
 
 		if (!node) {
-			return null;
+			//workaround for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-languageserver-node/issues/45
+			return Promise.resolve({
+				uri: document.uri,
+				range: Range.create(position, position)
+			});
 		}
 
 		let symbol = symbols.findSymbolFromNode(node);
 		if (!symbol) {
-			return null;
+			//workaround for https://github.com/Microsoft/vscode-languageserver-node/issues/45
+			return Promise.resolve({
+				uri: document.uri,
+				range: Range.create(position, position)
+			});
 		}
 
 		return Promise.resolve({