diff --git a/lua/dashboard/theme/hyper.lua b/lua/dashboard/theme/hyper.lua
index 4e09fae..00155b2 100644
--- a/lua/dashboard/theme/hyper.lua
+++ b/lua/dashboard/theme/hyper.lua
@@ -189,7 +189,7 @@ local function mru_list(config)
   for _, file in pairs(vim.list_slice(mlist, 1, config.mru.limit)) do
     local filename = vim.fn.fnamemodify(file, ':t')
     local icon, group = utils.get_icon(filename)
-    icon = icon or ' '
+    icon = icon or ''
     if config.mru.cwd_only then
       file = vim.fn.fnamemodify(file, ':.')
     elseif not utils.is_win then
@@ -405,14 +405,16 @@ local function gen_center(plist, config)
 
   for i, data in pairs(mgroups) do
     local len, group = unpack(data)
-    api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
-      config.bufnr,
-      0,
-      group,
-      first_line + i + plist_len,
-      start_col,
-      start_col + len
-    )
+    if group then
+      api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
+        config.bufnr,
+        0,
+        group,
+        first_line + i + plist_len,
+        start_col,
+        start_col + len
+      )
+    end
     api.nvim_buf_add_highlight(
       config.bufnr,
       0,
diff --git a/lua/dashboard/utils.lua b/lua/dashboard/utils.lua
index da08bd6..9285ce5 100644
--- a/lua/dashboard/utils.lua
+++ b/lua/dashboard/utils.lua
@@ -64,7 +64,6 @@ end
 function utils.get_icon(filename)
   local ok, devicons = pcall(require, 'nvim-web-devicons')
   if not ok then
-    vim.notify('[dashboard.nvim] not found nvim-web-devicons')
     return nil
   end
   return devicons.get_icon(filename, nil, { default = true })