diff --git a/Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php b/Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php
index 4ace64d3cd03019ceb74e63fe1c9a6e1e63a5abd..970663276d0afe49ff7236c3e385c548f3e425c7 100644
--- a/Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php
+++ b/Classes/Controller/NewsByAuthorController.php
@@ -49,13 +49,18 @@ class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
 	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Extbase\Persistence\Exception\InvalidQueryException
 	 * @throws \TYPO3\CMS\Core\Package\Exception
 	 */
-	public function listAction($authorId = 0): void {
+	public function listAction($authorId = 0): ?\Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface {
 		if ($authorId) {
 			$newsAuthorsIds[] = $authorId;
 		} else {
 			$newsAuthorsIds = GeneralUtility::intExplode(',', $this->settings['newsAuthors']);
 			if (\count($newsAuthorsIds) <= 0) {
-				return;
+				if (version_compare(\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\VersionNumberUtility::getCurrentTypo3Version(), '11.0.0', '<')) {
+					return NULL;
+				}
+				else {
+					return $this->htmlResponse();
+				}
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -88,13 +93,23 @@ class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
 		}
 
 		if (\count($authors) <= 0) {
-			return;
+			if (version_compare(\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\VersionNumberUtility::getCurrentTypo3Version(), '11.0.0', '<')) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			else {
+				return $this->htmlResponse();
+			}
 		}
 
 		$newsRepository = $this->objectManager->get(NewsRepository::class);
 		$news = $newsRepository->findAllByNewsAuthor($newsAuthorsIds);
 		if (\count($news) <= 0) {
-			return;
+			if (version_compare(\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\VersionNumberUtility::getCurrentTypo3Version(), '11.0.0', '<')) {
+				return NULL;
+			}
+			else {
+				return $this->htmlResponse();
+			}
 		}
 
 		$categories = $newsMetaData = [];
@@ -124,5 +139,12 @@ class NewsByAuthorController extends AbstractController {
 
 		$this->view->assign('newsMetaData', $newsMetaData);
 		$this->view->assign('authors', $authors);
+
+		if (version_compare(\TYPO3\CMS\Core\Utility\VersionNumberUtility::getCurrentTypo3Version(), '11.0.0', '<')) {
+			return NULL;
+		}
+		else {
+			return $this->htmlResponse();
+		}
 	}
 }