diff --git a/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/projects/mirnas/MiRnaRestImpl.java b/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/projects/mirnas/MiRnaRestImpl.java
index 0dd895852dcd49ec09768e14ca89cac894234c77..c5a845accd564acd92ad0e00197ef638d763bf89 100644
--- a/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/projects/mirnas/MiRnaRestImpl.java
+++ b/rest-api/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/api/projects/mirnas/MiRnaRestImpl.java
@@ -228,10 +228,6 @@ public class MiRnaRestImpl extends BaseRestImpl {
 		}
 		Project project = model.getProject();
 
-		if (project.getDisease() == null) {
-			throw new QueryException("Project doesn't have disease associated to it");
-		}
-
 		Integer dbId = Integer.valueOf(targetId);
 		List<Element> targets = new ArrayList<>();
 		if (targetType.equals(ElementIdentifierType.ALIAS.getJsName())) {
@@ -255,7 +251,7 @@ public class MiRnaRestImpl extends BaseRestImpl {
 
 		Set<String> columnSet = createMiRnaColumnSet(columns);
 
-		List<MiRNAView> miRnas = miRnaService.getForTargets(targets, new DbSearchCriteria().model(model).organisms(organism).disease(project.getDisease()));
+		List<MiRNAView> miRnas = miRnaService.getForTargets(targets, new DbSearchCriteria().model(model).organisms(organism));
 
 		List<Map<String, Object>> result = new ArrayList<>();