diff --git a/include/igl/adjacency_matrix.h b/include/igl/adjacency_matrix.h
index b117bccf7..034804cfb 100644
--- a/include/igl/adjacency_matrix.h
+++ b/include/igl/adjacency_matrix.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ namespace igl
   // Inputs:
   //   F  #F by dim list of mesh simplices
   // Outputs: 
-  //   A  max(F) by max(F) cotangent matrix, each row i corresponding to V(i,:)
+  //   A  max(F) by max(F) adjacency matrix, each row i corresponding to V(i,:)
   //
   // Example:
   //   // Mesh in (V,F)
diff --git a/include/igl/list_to_matrix.cpp b/include/igl/list_to_matrix.cpp
index 769653d7b..f9aef7025 100644
--- a/include/igl/list_to_matrix.cpp
+++ b/include/igl/list_to_matrix.cpp
@@ -22,7 +22,11 @@ IGL_INLINE bool igl::list_to_matrix(const std::vector<std::vector<T > > & V,Eige
   int m = V.size();
   if(m == 0)
   {
-    M.resize(0,0);
+    M.resize(
+            Derived::RowsAtCompileTime>=0?Derived::RowsAtCompileTime:0
+            ,
+            Derived::ColsAtCompileTime>=0?Derived::ColsAtCompileTime:0
+            );
     return true;
   }
   // number of columns