diff --git a/platform/core/src/utils/metadataProvider/fetchPaletteColorLookupTableData.js b/platform/core/src/utils/metadataProvider/fetchPaletteColorLookupTableData.js
index 26c65df57..968147de4 100644
--- a/platform/core/src/utils/metadataProvider/fetchPaletteColorLookupTableData.js
+++ b/platform/core/src/utils/metadataProvider/fetchPaletteColorLookupTableData.js
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ const _paletteColorCache = {
 };
 
 function _getPaletteColor(server, paletteColorLookupTableData, lutDescriptor) {
-  const numLutEntries = lutDescriptor[0];
+  const numLutEntries = lutDescriptor[0] ? lutDescriptor[0] : 65536;
   const bits = lutDescriptor[2];
 
   const arrayBufferToPaletteColorLUT = arraybuffer => {