diff --git a/bibtextools/clean_bib_file.py b/bibtextools/clean_bib_file.py
index 539c111..98c0aef 100644
--- a/bibtextools/clean_bib_file.py
+++ b/bibtextools/clean_bib_file.py
@@ -130,11 +130,11 @@ def remove_duplicate_entries(entries, force=False, verbose=logging.WARN):
             logger.warning("Entry 2:")
             pprint(_pair[1])
             _idx_entry_delete = input("Which entry do you want to REMOVE? Type 1 or 2 and hit enter. Simply hitting enter will remove the shorter entry. Type 0 for not deleting any entry.\n")
-            if int(_idx_entry_delete) == 0:
-                continue
             try:
-                _idx_entry_delete = int(_idx_entry_delete) - 1
-                entries.remove(_pair[_idx_entry_delete])
+                _idx_entry_delete = int(_idx_entry_delete)
+                if _idx_entry_delete == 0:
+                    continue
+                entries.remove(_pair[_idx_entry_delete - 1])
             except ValueError:
                 entries.remove(_shorter_entry)
         logger.info("Successfully removed duplicate entry.")
diff --git a/tests/test_clean.py b/tests/test_clean.py
index 18c6cb8..50eb766 100644
--- a/tests/test_clean.py
+++ b/tests/test_clean.py
@@ -72,3 +72,16 @@ def test_remove_duplicate_entries_number_forced():
     _entry = next(x for x in results if x[KEY_ID] == "Part2")
     assert ((len(bib_database.get_entry_list()) == 9) and
             (len(results) == 7) and len(_entry) == 11)
+
+def test_remove_duplicate_entries_interactive_empty_input(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.input", lambda _prompt="": "")
+    bib_database = clean_bib_file.load_bib_file(DUPLICATE_CONTENT)
+    results = clean_bib_file.remove_duplicate_entries(bib_database)
+    _entry = next(x for x in results if x[KEY_ID] == "Part2")
+    assert len(results) == 7 and len(_entry) == 11
+
+def test_remove_duplicate_entries_interactive_skip(monkeypatch):
+    monkeypatch.setattr("builtins.input", lambda _prompt="": "0")
+    bib_database = clean_bib_file.load_bib_file(DUPLICATE_CONTENT)
+    results = clean_bib_file.remove_duplicate_entries(bib_database)
+    assert len(results) == len(bib_database.get_entry_list()) == 9