diff --git a/vintage.py b/vintage.py
index e5413db..1615282 100644
--- a/vintage.py
+++ b/vintage.py
@@ -1034,9 +1034,10 @@ def run(self, edit, character):
 
 class ViSelectBookmark(sublime_plugin.TextCommand):
     def run(self, edit, character, select_bol=False):
-        self.view.run_command('select_all_bookmarks', {'name': "bookmark_" + character})
-        if select_bol:
-            self.view.run_command('vi_move_to_first_non_white_space_character')
+        if self.view.get_regions("bookmark_" + character):
+            self.view.run_command('select_all_bookmarks', {'name': "bookmark_" + character})
+            if select_bol:
+                self.view.run_command('vi_move_to_first_non_white_space_character')
 
 g_macro_target = None