diff --git a/src/plotting.jl b/src/plotting.jl
index 3be915d8..ac871cd3 100644
--- a/src/plotting.jl
+++ b/src/plotting.jl
@@ -1378,8 +1378,10 @@ function plot_conditional_forecast(𝓂::ℳ,
 
     var_idx = indexin(var_names,full_SS)
 
-    var_names[indexin(𝓂.aux,var_names)] = map(x -> Symbol(replace(string(x), r"ᴸ⁽⁻?[⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹]+⁾" => "")),  𝓂.aux)
-
+    if length(intersect(𝓂.aux,var_names)) > 0
+        var_names[indexin(𝓂.aux,var_names)] = map(x -> Symbol(replace(string(x), r"ᴸ⁽⁻?[⁰¹²³⁴⁵⁶⁷⁸⁹]+⁾" => "")),  𝓂.aux)
+    end
+    
     relevant_SS = get_steady_state(𝓂, algorithm = algorithm, return_variables_only = true, derivatives = false)
 
     relevant_SS = relevant_SS isa KeyedArray ? axiskeys(relevant_SS,1) isa Vector{String} ? rekey(relevant_SS, 1 => axiskeys(relevant_SS,1) .|> Meta.parse .|> replace_indices) : relevant_SS : relevant_SS