diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index b7c47f7..383f0e0 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Change Log
 
+## 0.1.2
+
+-   added notification to replace runtime error in case no argument set is defined for the Hotspot Detection, but an execution is requested.
+
 ## 0.1.1
 
 -   added a log webview, which can be opened via command to provide more detailed information
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index 6fc75b4..f619be5 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 {
     "name": "discopop",
-    "version": "0.1.1",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
     "lockfileVersion": 3,
     "requires": true,
     "packages": {
         "": {
             "name": "discopop",
-            "version": "0.1.1",
+            "version": "0.1.2",
             "dependencies": {
                 "@vscode/codicons": "^0.0.33",
                 "@vscode/webview-ui-toolkit": "^1.4.0"
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index f08c24e..63fbeda 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
     "description": "An extension for the Parallelism Discovery tool DiscoPoP.",
     "author": "TU Darmstadt - Laboratory for Parallel Programming",
     "icon": "media/discopop_icon.png",
-    "version": "0.1.1",
+    "version": "0.1.2",
     "publisher": "TUDarmstadt-LaboratoryforParallelProgramming",
     "repository": {
         "type": "git",
diff --git a/src/extension.ts b/src/extension.ts
index f49cb95..b0af493 100644
--- a/src/extension.ts
+++ b/src/extension.ts
@@ -148,6 +148,13 @@ export class UIExtension
                     requestConfirmation: getRequestConfirmationWrapper(),
                     cancelToken: getCancelTokenWrapper(token),
                 }
+                if (executableArgumentsForHotspotDetection.length === 0) {
+                    UIPrompts.showMessageForSeconds(
+                        'Hotspot Detection not executed: No executable arguments provided.',
+                        8
+                    )
+                    return
+                }
                 return this.discopopExtension.runHotspotDetection(
                     uiWrappers,
                     projectPath,