diff --git a/doc/user/events/widget.rst b/doc/user/events/widget.rst
index 57456cb8e6..fe02055557 100644
--- a/doc/user/events/widget.rst
+++ b/doc/user/events/widget.rst
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ resources. Then, instead of the ``pretix-widget`` tag, use the ``pretix-button``
 As you can see, the ``pretix-button`` element takes an additional ``items`` attribute that specifies the items that
 should be added to the cart. The syntax of this attribute is ``item_ITEMID=1,item_ITEMID=2,variation_ITEMID_VARID=4``
 where ``ITEMID`` are the internal IDs of items to be added and ``VARID`` are the internal IDs of variations of those
-items, if the items have variations.
+items, if the items have variations. If you omit the ``items`` attribute, the general start page will be presented.
 
 Just as the widget, the button supports the optional attributes ``voucher`` and ``skip-ssl-check``.
 
diff --git a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
index 35dd0d05e3..119c335efa 100644
--- a/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
+++ b/src/pretix/static/pretixpresale/js/widget/widget.js
@@ -392,10 +392,14 @@ var shared_methods = {
         } else {
             return;
         }
-        var url = this.$root.formTarget + "&locale=" + lang + "&ajax=1";
-        this.$root.frame_loading = true;
-        this.async_task_interval = 100;
-        api._postFormJSON(url, this.$refs.form, this.buy_callback, this.buy_error_callback);
+        if (this.$root.is_button && this.$root.items.length === 0) {
+            this.resume();
+        } else {
+            var url = this.$root.formTarget + "&locale=" + lang + "&ajax=1";
+            this.$root.frame_loading = true;
+            this.async_task_interval = 100;
+            api._postFormJSON(url, this.$refs.form, this.buy_callback, this.buy_error_callback);
+        }
     },
     buy_error_callback: function (xhr, data) {
         this.$root.error_message = strings['cart_error'];
@@ -740,6 +744,7 @@ var create_widget = function (element) {
             return {
                 event_url: event_url,
                 subevent: subevent,
+                is_button: false,
                 categories: null,
                 currency: null,
                 voucher_code: voucher,
@@ -787,7 +792,7 @@ var create_button = function (element) {
     var itemsplit = raw_items.split(",");
     var items = [];
     for (var i = 0; i < itemsplit.length; i++) {
-        if (itemsplit[i].indexOf("=")) {
+        if (itemsplit[i].indexOf("=") > 0 ) {
             var splitthis = itemsplit[i].split("=");
             items.push({'item': splitthis[0], 'count': splitthis[1]})
         }
@@ -799,6 +804,7 @@ var create_button = function (element) {
             return {
                 event_url: event_url,
                 subevent: subevent,
+                is_button: true,
                 skip_ssl: skip_ssl,
                 voucher_code: voucher,
                 items: items,