diff --git a/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php b/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
index c2e74a0483cfe08beeb33fce58ef251dcb751d62..3fd10ca013560fcc37c825543a3d28b575417149 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/OverviewController.php
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ class OverviewController extends AbstractController {
 	 *
 	 * @param array $categoryIds
 	 */
-	protected function highlightBestFitNews(array $categoryIds) {
+	protected function highlightBestFitNews(array $categoryIds = NULL) {
 		/** @var News $highlightedNews */
 		$highlightedNews = $this->newsRepository
 			->findLastUpdatedOrHighlightedNewsByCategories(1, FALSE, $categoryIds)->getFirst();
diff --git a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
index 478a54b1ee410866d18286393615d70fd4a64f49..1fdbf4e31a8afabcaa0ffb4d2b6f3c92a12e6881 100644
--- a/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
+++ b/Classes/Domain/Repository/NewsRepository.php
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ class NewsRepository extends AbstractRepository {
 	 * @return QueryResult
 	 */
 	public function findLastUpdatedOrHighlightedNewsByCategories(
-		$limit = 1, $onlyHighlighted = FALSE, $categoryIds = NULL, $offset = 0, $hideNeverHighlightedNews = FALSE
+		$limit = 1, $onlyHighlighted = FALSE, array $categoryIds = NULL, $offset = 0, $hideNeverHighlightedNews = FALSE
 	) {
 		$query = $this->createQuery();
 		$constraints = NULL;