diff --git a/src/ft_errno.c b/src/ft_errno.c
index 2a74b6b..69aa835 100644
--- a/src/ft_errno.c
+++ b/src/ft_errno.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/21 12:40:46 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/02/21 15:38:54 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:56:52 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ char	*ft_strerror(t_errno errno)
 	[FT_EINVAL] = "Invalid argument",
 	[FT_EBADID] = "Bad identifier",
 	[FT_EUNEXPECTED_PIPE] = "minishell: syntax error near unexpected token `|'",
+	[FT_EMALFORMED_REDIRECTION] = "minishell: malformed redirection (perhaps a \
+	 missing filename)",
 	};
 
 	if (errno >= 0 && errno < FT_EMAXERRNO)
diff --git a/src/ft_errno.h b/src/ft_errno.h
index 67941e9..f17cbaa 100644
--- a/src/ft_errno.h
+++ b/src/ft_errno.h
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/02/21 12:40:58 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/02/21 15:37:56 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:38:28 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ typedef enum e_errno
 	FT_EINVAL,
 	FT_EBADID,
 	FT_EUNEXPECTED_PIPE,
+	FT_EMALFORMED_REDIRECTION,
 	FT_EMAXERRNO,
 }	t_errno;
 
diff --git a/src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.c b/src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.c
index bb4ac78..21dae57 100644
--- a/src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.c
+++ b/src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/03/07 12:30:04 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:11:46 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:40:17 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "redirection_list.h"
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "redirection_type.h"
+#include "../../ft_errno.h"
 #include <unistd.h>
 
 /*
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ struct s_simple_cmd	*parse_redirections(struct s_simple_cmd *cmd)
 		{
 			wordlist_destroy_idx(&cmd->words, i);
 			marker = wordlist_pop_idx(&cmd->words, i);
+			if (marker == NULL)
+				return (ft_errno(FT_EMALFORMED_REDIRECTION), NULL);
 			redirection = redirection_create(type, marker);
 			if (redirection == NULL)
 				return (NULL);
@@ -60,8 +63,7 @@ struct s_simple_cmd	*parse_redirections(struct s_simple_cmd *cmd)
 			if (cmd->redirections == NULL)
 				return (redirection_destroy(redirection), NULL);
 		}
-		else
-			i++;
+		i++;
 	}
 	return (cmd);
 }
diff --git a/tests/test_redirection_parsing.c b/tests/test_redirection_parsing.c
index 36324f0..14eb42c 100644
--- a/tests/test_redirection_parsing.c
+++ b/tests/test_redirection_parsing.c
@@ -5,8 +5,8 @@
 /*                                                    +:+ +:+         +:+     */
 /*   By: khais <marvin@42.fr>                       +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
-/*   Created: 2025/03/10 16:13/18 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:13:18 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Created: 2025/03/10 16:38/00 by khais             #+#    #+#             */
+/*   Updated: 2025/03/10 16:38:00 by khais            ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@
 #include "../src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.h"
 #include "../src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_parsing.h"
 #include "../src/postprocess/redirections/redirection_list.h"
+#include "../src/ft_errno.h"
 #include "ft_printf.h"
+#include "stdio.h"
 #include "testutil.h"
 
 static t_simple_cmd	*parse_simple_cmd(char *input)
@@ -84,13 +86,24 @@ static void	test_redirection_parsing_output_in_middle(void)
 	do_leak_check();
 }
 
+static void	test_redirection_parsing_output_no_filename_at_end(void)
+{
+	ft_dprintf(STDERR_FILENO, "==> %s <==\n", __FUNCTION__);
+	ft_errno(FT_ESUCCESS);
+	t_simple_cmd	*cmd = parse_simple_cmd("echo hello world >");
+	assert(parse_redirections(cmd) == NULL);
+	assert(FT_EMALFORMED_REDIRECTION == ft_errno_get());
+	simple_cmd_destroy(cmd);
+	do_leak_check();
+}
+
 
 int main(void) {
 	test_redirection_parsing_no_redirections();
 	test_redirection_parsing_output_at_start();
 	test_redirection_parsing_output_at_end();
 	test_redirection_parsing_output_in_middle();
-	// check operator alone without further tokens
+	test_redirection_parsing_output_no_filename_at_end();
 	// check null input
 	return (0);
 }