diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index bf91c2e88ff..cefce0a17d3 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ We refer to [GitHub issues](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues) by using `#
  - We fixed an issue where JabRef would not show the translated content at some points, although there existed a translation
  - We fixed an issue where editing in the source tab would override content of other entries [#3352](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3352#issue-268580818)
  - We fixed several issues with the automatic linking of files in the entry editor where files were not found or not correctly saved in the bibtex source [#3346](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3346)
+ - We fixed an issue where fetching entries from crossref that had no titles caused an error [#3376](https://github.com/JabRef/jabref/issues/3376)
 
  ### Removed
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
index 3bbc0705db2..384c6b9986e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/jabref/logic/importer/fetcher/CrossRef.java
@@ -110,7 +110,9 @@ private BibEntry jsonItemToBibEntry(JSONObject item) throws ParseException {
         try {
             BibEntry entry = new BibEntry();
             entry.setType(convertType(item.getString("type")));
-            entry.setField(FieldName.TITLE, item.getJSONArray("title").optString(0));
+            entry.setField(FieldName.TITLE,
+                    Optional.ofNullable(item.optJSONArray("title"))
+                            .map(array -> array.optString(0)).orElse(""));
             entry.setField(FieldName.SUBTITLE,
                     Optional.ofNullable(item.optJSONArray("subtitle"))
                             .map(array -> array.optString(0)).orElse(""));