diff --git a/dist/jquery.magnific-popup.js b/dist/jquery.magnific-popup.js
index 927b3c1f..ca305b9c 100644
--- a/dist/jquery.magnific-popup.js
+++ b/dist/jquery.magnific-popup.js
@@ -158,6 +158,18 @@ MagnificPopup.prototype = {
 		var i;
 
 		if(data.isObj === false) { 
+
+			//remove items where the href is empty.  EX. <a href="#" ... 
+			for(i = 0; i < data.items.length; i++){
+				it = data.items[i];
+				if( it.href.substr(it.href.length -1 , 1) === '#'){
+					//remove it
+					data.items.splice(i,1);
+					//decrement i because you just removed an element from the array.
+					i--;
+				}
+			}
+			
 			// convert jQuery collection to array to avoid conflicts later
 			mfp.items = data.items.toArray();
 
diff --git a/src/js/core.js b/src/js/core.js
index 7cdfd6f0..e1493b11 100644
--- a/src/js/core.js
+++ b/src/js/core.js
@@ -141,6 +141,18 @@ MagnificPopup.prototype = {
 		var i;
 
 		if(data.isObj === false) { 
+
+			//remove items where the href is empty.  EX. <a href="#" ... 
+			for(i = 0; i < data.items.length; i++){
+				var it = data.items[i];
+				if( it.href.substr(it.href.length -1 , 1) === '#'){
+					//remove it
+					data.items.splice(i,1);
+					//decrement i because you just removed an element from the array.
+					i--;
+				}
+			}
+
 			// convert jQuery collection to array to avoid conflicts later
 			mfp.items = data.items.toArray();