diff --git a/src/core/drawertrainingactions.cpp b/src/core/drawertrainingactions.cpp
index b99fff5..9787b12 100644
--- a/src/core/drawertrainingactions.cpp
+++ b/src/core/drawertrainingactions.cpp
@@ -1,67 +1,71 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright 2018-2019  Andreas Cord-Landwehr <cordlandwehr@kde.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *  the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
  *  accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
  *  by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
  *  defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #include "drawertrainingactions.h"
 #include "trainingaction.h"
 #include "course.h"
 
+#include <KLocalizedString>
 #include <QList>
 #include <QDebug>
 
 DrawerTrainingActions::DrawerTrainingActions(QObject* parent)
-    : QObject(parent)
+    : QObject{parent}
+    , m_defaultAction{new TrainingAction(i18n("Please select a course"), this)}
 {
 }
 
 void DrawerTrainingActions::setSession(TrainingSession *session)
 {
     if (session == m_session) {
         return;
     }
     if (m_session) {
         disconnect(m_session, &TrainingSession::courseChanged, this, &DrawerTrainingActions::actionsChanged);
         disconnect(m_session, &TrainingSession::phraseChanged, this, &DrawerTrainingActions::triggerTrainingView);
     }
 
     m_session = session;
     connect(m_session, &TrainingSession::courseChanged, this, &DrawerTrainingActions::actionsChanged);
     connect(m_session, &TrainingSession::phraseChanged, this, &DrawerTrainingActions::triggerTrainingView);
 
     emit sessionChanged();
     emit actionsChanged();
 }
 
 TrainingSession * DrawerTrainingActions::session() const
 {
     return m_session;
 }
 
 QList<QObject *> DrawerTrainingActions::actions() const
 {
-    if (!m_session) {
-        return QList<QObject *>();
+    if (!m_session || m_session->trainingActions().isEmpty()) {
+        QList<QObject *> list;
+        list << qobject_cast<QObject*>(m_defaultAction);
+        return list;
     }
     QList<QObject *> actions;
     const auto trainingActions = m_session->trainingActions();
     for (const auto &action : qAsConst(trainingActions)) {
         actions.append(qobject_cast<QObject*>(action));
     }
     return actions;
 }
diff --git a/src/core/drawertrainingactions.h b/src/core/drawertrainingactions.h
index b4c86c6..8323ebe 100644
--- a/src/core/drawertrainingactions.h
+++ b/src/core/drawertrainingactions.h
@@ -1,54 +1,55 @@
 /*
  *  Copyright 2018-2019  Andreas Cord-Landwehr <cordlandwehr@kde.org>
  *
  *  This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  *  modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
  *  published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of
  *  the License or (at your option) version 3 or any later version
  *  accepted by the membership of KDE e.V. (or its successor approved
  *  by the membership of KDE e.V.), which shall act as a proxy
  *  defined in Section 14 of version 3 of the license.
  *
  *  This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  *  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  *  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
  *  GNU General Public License for more details.
  *
  *  You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
  *  along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  */
 
 #ifndef DRAWERTRAININGACTIONS_H
 #define DRAWERTRAININGACTIONS_H
 
 #include "artikulatecore_export.h"
 #include "trainingaction.h"
 #include <QObject>
 
 class Course;
 
 class ARTIKULATECORE_EXPORT DrawerTrainingActions : public QObject
 {
     Q_OBJECT
     Q_PROPERTY(TrainingSession *session READ session WRITE setSession NOTIFY sessionChanged)
     Q_PROPERTY(QList<QObject *> actions READ actions NOTIFY actionsChanged)
 
 public:
     DrawerTrainingActions(QObject *parent = nullptr);
     void setSession(TrainingSession *session);
     TrainingSession * session() const;
     QList<QObject *> actions() const;
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
     void actionsChanged();
     void sessionChanged();
     /**
      * Notify that training view shall be displayed.
      */
     void triggerTrainingView();
 
 private:
     TrainingSession *m_session{nullptr};
+    TrainingAction *m_defaultAction{nullptr};
 };
 
 #endif