diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 0bce46a8e8f..e72d9f6d2f7 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@
 * **InfluxDB**: Add spread function, closes [#5211](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/5211)
 * **Scripts**: Use restart instead of start for deb package script, closes [#5282](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/pull/5282)
 * **Logging**: Moved to structured logging lib, and moved to component specific level filters via config file, closes [#4590](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/4590)
-* **OpenTSDB**: Support nested template variables in tag_values function, closes [4398](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/4398)
-* **Datasource**: Pending data source requests are cancelled before new ones are issues (Graphite & Prometheus), closes [5321](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/5321)
+* **OpenTSDB**: Support nested template variables in tag_values function, closes [#4398](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/4398)
+* **Datasource**: Pending data source requests are cancelled before new ones are issues (Graphite & Prometheus), closes [#5321](https://github.com/grafana/grafana/issues/5321)
 
 ### Breaking changes
 * **Logging** : Changed default logging output format (now structured into message, and key value pairs, with logger key acting as component). You can also no change in config to json log ouput.
diff --git a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
index 40c7ba16f53..9a5ebbef859 100644
--- a/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
+++ b/public/app/plugins/datasource/influxdb/datasource.ts
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ export default class InfluxDatasource {
   };
 
   _seriesQuery(query) {
+    if (!query) { return this.$q.when({results: []}); }
+
     return this._influxRequest('GET', '/query', {q: query, epoch: 'ms'});
   }
 
diff --git a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
index 90262a3134c..bb38579ce2d 100644
--- a/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
+++ b/public/sass/_variables.light.scss
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ $page-bg:  		  		    $white;
 $body-color:    		    $gray-1;
 $text-color:    		    $gray-1;
 $text-color-strong:	    $white;
-$text-color-weak: 	    $gray-1;
+$text-color-weak: 	    $gray-2;
 $text-color-faint:      $gray-3;
 $text-color-emphasis: 	$dark-5;