diff --git a/src/db/db/dbDeepRegion.cc b/src/db/db/dbDeepRegion.cc
index 3af4d04c6..0f7ea7fd7 100644
--- a/src/db/db/dbDeepRegion.cc
+++ b/src/db/db/dbDeepRegion.cc
@@ -1933,12 +1933,22 @@ DeepRegion::selected_interacting_generic (const Region &other, int mode, bool to
       return std::make_pair (clone (), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
     }
   } else if (other.empty ()) {
-    if (output_mode == PositiveAndNegative) {
-      return std::make_pair (new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()), clone ());
-    } else if (output_mode == Negative) {
-      return std::make_pair (clone (), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+    if (mode > 0 /*outside*/) {
+      if (output_mode == PositiveAndNegative) {
+        return std::make_pair (clone (), new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()));
+      } else if (output_mode == Negative) {
+        return std::make_pair (new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+      } else {
+        return std::make_pair (clone (), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+      }
     } else {
-      return std::make_pair (new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+      if (output_mode == PositiveAndNegative) {
+        return std::make_pair (new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()), clone ());
+      } else if (output_mode == Negative) {
+        return std::make_pair (clone (), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+      } else {
+        return std::make_pair (new DeepRegion (deep_layer ().derived ()), (RegionDelegate *) 0);
+      }
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/src/db/unit_tests/dbDeepRegionTests.cc b/src/db/unit_tests/dbDeepRegionTests.cc
index 972b06614..d749a8ddf 100644
--- a/src/db/unit_tests/dbDeepRegionTests.cc
+++ b/src/db/unit_tests/dbDeepRegionTests.cc
@@ -1799,7 +1799,7 @@ TEST(30a_interact_with_count_region)
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 2, 5).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 4, 5).to_string (), "");
 
-  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
+  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0);(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr).to_string (), "");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 0, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 1, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
@@ -1890,7 +1890,7 @@ TEST(30b_interact_with_count_edge)
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 2, 5).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 4, 5).to_string (), "");
 
-  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
+  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0);(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr).to_string (), "");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 0, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 1, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
@@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ TEST(30c_interact_with_count_text)
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 2, 5).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_interacting (rr2, 4, 5).to_string (), "");
 
-  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
+  EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (empty).to_string (), "(0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0);(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr).to_string (), "");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 0, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
   EXPECT_EQ (r.selected_not_interacting (rr, 1, 2).to_string (), "(-100,-100;-100,0;0,0;0,200;100,200;100,0;0,0;0,-100)");
diff --git a/testdata/algo/deep_region_au31.gds b/testdata/algo/deep_region_au31.gds
index 786700549..49e69259c 100644
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