diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index eb7bbf3..ae430f8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ Major changes in releases:
 
 ## Upcoming
 
-## Version 0.1.10
+## Version 0.1.11
+- Fix in ``GVNS`: Empty local search method list led to an infinite loop 
+    [issue #5](/../../issues/5)
 
+## Version 0.1.10
 - subdirectory `Tuning` added with examples how to use SMAC3 for tuning parameters 
     algorithms implemented in Julia
 - the LNS variants now also accept new equally good solutions as new incumbents
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/Manifest.toml b/MHLibDemos/Manifest.toml
index e54b580..7be3338 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/Manifest.toml
+++ b/MHLibDemos/Manifest.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
 
-julia_version = "1.9.3"
+julia_version = "1.9.4"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
 project_hash = "310f02b02e97b016922d1f28da101bfd8b1831be"
 
@@ -102,19 +102,19 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 
 [[deps.JuliaInterpreter]]
 deps = ["CodeTracking", "InteractiveUtils", "Random", "UUIDs"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0592b1810613d1c95eeebcd22dc11fba186c2a57"
+git-tree-sha1 = "e49bce680c109bc86e3e75ebcb15040d6ad9e1d3"
 uuid = "aa1ae85d-cabe-5617-a682-6adf51b2e16a"
-version = "0.9.26"
+version = "0.9.27"
 
 [[deps.LibCURL]]
 deps = ["LibCURL_jll", "MozillaCACerts_jll"]
 uuid = "b27032c2-a3e7-50c8-80cd-2d36dbcbfd21"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 
 [[deps.LibCURL_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "LibSSH2_jll", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll", "Zlib_jll", "nghttp2_jll"]
 uuid = "deac9b47-8bc7-5906-a0fe-35ac56dc84c0"
-version = "7.84.0+0"
+version = "8.4.0+0"
 
 [[deps.LibGit2]]
 deps = ["Base64", "NetworkOptions", "Printf", "SHA"]
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ uuid = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
 [[deps.LibSSH2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll"]
 uuid = "29816b5a-b9ab-546f-933c-edad1886dfa8"
-version = "1.10.2+0"
+version = "1.11.0+1"
 
 [[deps.Libdl]]
 uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
@@ -153,9 +153,9 @@ uuid = "56ddb016-857b-54e1-b83d-db4d58db5568"
 
 [[deps.LoweredCodeUtils]]
 deps = ["JuliaInterpreter"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "60168780555f3e663c536500aa790b6368adc02a"
+git-tree-sha1 = "c165f205e030208760ebd75b5e1f7706761d9218"
 uuid = "6f1432cf-f94c-5a45-995e-cdbf5db27b0b"
-version = "2.3.0"
+version = "2.3.1"
 
 [[deps.MHLib]]
 deps = ["ArgParse", "DataStructures", "Logging", "Printf", "Random", "Reexport", "StatsBase"]
@@ -201,15 +201,27 @@ uuid = "4536629a-c528-5b80-bd46-f80d51c5b363"
 version = "0.3.21+4"
 
 [[deps.OrderedCollections]]
-git-tree-sha1 = "2e73fe17cac3c62ad1aebe70d44c963c3cfdc3e3"
+git-tree-sha1 = "dfdf5519f235516220579f949664f1bf44e741c5"
 uuid = "bac558e1-5e72-5ebc-8fee-abe8a469f55d"
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "1.6.3"
 
 [[deps.Pkg]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Dates", "Downloads", "FileWatching", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "REPL", "Random", "SHA", "Serialization", "TOML", "Tar", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
 uuid = "44cfe95a-1eb2-52ea-b672-e2afdf69b78f"
 version = "1.9.2"
 
+[[deps.PrecompileTools]]
+deps = ["Preferences"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "03b4c25b43cb84cee5c90aa9b5ea0a78fd848d2f"
+uuid = "aea7be01-6a6a-4083-8856-8a6e6704d82a"
+version = "1.2.0"
+
+[[deps.Preferences]]
+deps = ["TOML"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "00805cd429dcb4870060ff49ef443486c262e38e"
+uuid = "21216c6a-2e73-6563-6e65-726566657250"
+version = "1.4.1"
+
 [[deps.Printf]]
 deps = ["Unicode"]
 uuid = "de0858da-6303-5e67-8744-51eddeeeb8d7"
@@ -235,9 +247,9 @@ version = "1.3.0"
 
 [[deps.Revise]]
 deps = ["CodeTracking", "Distributed", "FileWatching", "JuliaInterpreter", "LibGit2", "LoweredCodeUtils", "OrderedCollections", "Pkg", "REPL", "Requires", "UUIDs", "Unicode"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "ba168f8fc36bf83c8d0573d464b7aab0f8a81623"
+git-tree-sha1 = "6990168abf3fe9a6e34ebb0e05aaaddf6572189e"
 uuid = "295af30f-e4ad-537b-8983-00126c2a3abe"
-version = "3.5.7"
+version = "3.5.10"
 
 [[deps.SHA]]
 uuid = "ea8e919c-243c-51af-8825-aaa63cd721ce"
@@ -270,10 +282,10 @@ deps = ["Libdl", "LinearAlgebra", "Random", "Serialization", "SuiteSparse_jll"]
 uuid = "2f01184e-e22b-5df5-ae63-d93ebab69eaf"
 
 [[deps.StaticArrays]]
-deps = ["LinearAlgebra", "Random", "StaticArraysCore"]
-git-tree-sha1 = "0adf069a2a490c47273727e029371b31d44b72b2"
+deps = ["LinearAlgebra", "PrecompileTools", "Random", "StaticArraysCore"]
+git-tree-sha1 = "5ef59aea6f18c25168842bded46b16662141ab87"
 uuid = "90137ffa-7385-5640-81b9-e52037218182"
-version = "1.6.5"
+version = "1.7.0"
 weakdeps = ["Statistics"]
 
     [deps.StaticArrays.extensions]
@@ -341,7 +353,7 @@ version = "5.8.0+0"
 [[deps.nghttp2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "8e850ede-7688-5339-a07c-302acd2aaf8d"
-version = "1.48.0+0"
+version = "1.52.0+1"
 
 [[deps.p7zip_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/GraphColoring.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/GraphColoring.jl
index 8899a1e..46e58db 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/GraphColoring.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/GraphColoring.jl
@@ -226,6 +226,7 @@ end
 
 function solve_graph_coloring(args=ARGS)
     println("Graph Coloring Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # We set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.Schedulers.settings_cfg, "mh_titer", 1000)
@@ -248,8 +249,9 @@ function solve_graph_coloring(args=ARGS)
     return sol
 end
 
-# To run from REPL, use `MHLibDemos` and call `solve_graph_coloring(<args>)` where 
-# `<args>` is a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# To run from REPL, use `MHLibDemos` and call `solve_graph_coloring(<args>)` where `<args>`
+# is a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_graph_coloring("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
 
 # Run with profiler:
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/MAXSAT.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/MAXSAT.jl
index 978338c..29f55cf 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/MAXSAT.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/MAXSAT.jl
@@ -200,6 +200,7 @@ end
 
 function solve_maxsat(args=ARGS)
     println("MAXSAT Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.settings_cfg, "ifile", "data/maxsat-adv1.cnf")
@@ -245,8 +246,8 @@ function solve_maxsat(args=ARGS)
 end
 
 # To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_maxsat(<args>)` where `<args>` is 
-# a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_maxsat("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
-
 # Run with profiler:
 # @profview solve_maxsat(args)
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/MISP.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/MISP.jl
index d7068ca..0b54d1f 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/MISP.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/MISP.jl
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ end
 
 function solve_misp(args=ARGS)
     println("MISP Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.settings_cfg, "ifile", "data/frb40-19-1.mis")
@@ -231,8 +232,9 @@ function solve_misp(args=ARGS)
     return sol
 end
 
-# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_misp(<args>)` where `<args>` is 
-# a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_misp(<args>)` where `<args>`
+# is a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_misp("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
 
 # Run with profiler:
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/MKP.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/MKP.jl
index 81d7472..4e7f330 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/MKP.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/MKP.jl
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ end
 
 function solve_mkp(args=ARGS)
     println("MKP Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.settings_cfg, "ifile", "data/mknapcb5-01.txt")
@@ -231,8 +232,9 @@ function solve_mkp(args=ARGS)
     return sol
 end
 
-# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_mkp(<args>)` where `<args>` is 
-# a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_mkp(<args>)` where `<args>` is
+# a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_mkp("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
 
 # Run with profiler:
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/OneMax.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/OneMax.jl
index b6030b5..007e391 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/OneMax.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/OneMax.jl
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ Base.copy(s::OneMaxSolution) = OneMaxSolution(s.obj_val, s.obj_val_valid, copy(s
 
 function solve_onemax(args=ARGS)
     println("OneMax Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # We set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.Schedulers.settings_cfg, "mh_titer", 100)
@@ -78,8 +79,9 @@ function solve_onemax(args=ARGS)
     return sol
 end
 
-# To run from REPL, use `MHLibDemos` and call `solve_onemax(<args>)` where 
-# `<args>` is a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# To run from REPL, use `MHLibDemos` and call `solve_onemax(<args>)` where `<args>`
+# is a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_onemax("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
 
 # Run with profiler:
diff --git a/MHLibDemos/src/TSP.jl b/MHLibDemos/src/TSP.jl
index f3425ff..dc41655 100644
--- a/MHLibDemos/src/TSP.jl
+++ b/MHLibDemos/src/TSP.jl
@@ -253,6 +253,7 @@ end
 
 function solve_tsp(args=ARGS)
     println("TSP Demo version $(git_version())\nARGS: ", args)
+    args isa AbstractString && (args = split(args))
 
     # set some new default values for parameters and parse all relevant arguments
     settings_new_default_value!(MHLib.settings_cfg, "ifile", "data/xqf131.tsp")
@@ -285,8 +286,9 @@ function solve_tsp(args=ARGS)
     return sol
 end
 
-# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_tsp(<args>)` where `<args>` is 
-# a list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global parameters.
+# To run from REPL, use MHLibDemos and call `solve_tsp(<args>)` where `<args>` is
+# a single string or list of strings being passed as arguments for setting global 
+# parameters, e.g. `solve_tsp("--seed=1 --mh_titer=120")`.
 # `@<filename>` may be used to read arguments from a configuration file <filename>
 
 # Run with profiler:
diff --git a/Manifest.toml b/Manifest.toml
index efcb243..c32f705 100644
--- a/Manifest.toml
+++ b/Manifest.toml
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 # This file is machine-generated - editing it directly is not advised
 
-julia_version = "1.9.3"
+julia_version = "1.9.4"
 manifest_format = "2.0"
-project_hash = "1e7ca9e29eca034eaf97268b397e9abf8c5c560b"
+project_hash = "120b5576b04f4d26ef6670cecf1c2071e4f8ef62"
 
 [[deps.ArgParse]]
 deps = ["Logging", "TextWrap"]
@@ -76,12 +76,12 @@ version = "0.2.2"
 [[deps.LibCURL]]
 deps = ["LibCURL_jll", "MozillaCACerts_jll"]
 uuid = "b27032c2-a3e7-50c8-80cd-2d36dbcbfd21"
-version = "0.6.3"
+version = "0.6.4"
 
 [[deps.LibCURL_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "LibSSH2_jll", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll", "Zlib_jll", "nghttp2_jll"]
 uuid = "deac9b47-8bc7-5906-a0fe-35ac56dc84c0"
-version = "7.84.0+0"
+version = "8.4.0+0"
 
 [[deps.LibGit2]]
 deps = ["Base64", "NetworkOptions", "Printf", "SHA"]
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ uuid = "76f85450-5226-5b5a-8eaa-529ad045b433"
 [[deps.LibSSH2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl", "MbedTLS_jll"]
 uuid = "29816b5a-b9ab-546f-933c-edad1886dfa8"
-version = "1.10.2+0"
+version = "1.11.0+1"
 
 [[deps.Libdl]]
 uuid = "8f399da3-3557-5675-b5ff-fb832c97cbdb"
@@ -147,9 +147,9 @@ uuid = "4536629a-c528-5b80-bd46-f80d51c5b363"
 version = "0.3.21+4"
 
 [[deps.OrderedCollections]]
-git-tree-sha1 = "2e73fe17cac3c62ad1aebe70d44c963c3cfdc3e3"
+git-tree-sha1 = "dfdf5519f235516220579f949664f1bf44e741c5"
 uuid = "bac558e1-5e72-5ebc-8fee-abe8a469f55d"
-version = "1.6.2"
+version = "1.6.3"
 
 [[deps.Pkg]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Dates", "Downloads", "FileWatching", "LibGit2", "Libdl", "Logging", "Markdown", "Printf", "REPL", "Random", "SHA", "Serialization", "TOML", "Tar", "UUIDs", "p7zip_jll"]
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ version = "5.8.0+0"
 [[deps.nghttp2_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
 uuid = "8e850ede-7688-5339-a07c-302acd2aaf8d"
-version = "1.48.0+0"
+version = "1.52.0+1"
 
 [[deps.p7zip_jll]]
 deps = ["Artifacts", "Libdl"]
diff --git a/Project.toml b/Project.toml
index 845c230..9cbb3ae 100644
--- a/Project.toml
+++ b/Project.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 name = "MHLib"
 uuid = "0f3a0e6e-e0e7-4894-bd64-856f0ae3b635"
 authors = ["Guenther Raidl <raidl@ac.tuwien.ac.at> and others"]
-version = "0.1.10"
+version = "0.1.11"
 
 [deps]
 ArgParse = "c7e460c6-2fb9-53a9-8c5b-16f535851c63"
diff --git a/src/GVNSs.jl b/src/GVNSs.jl
index cd89ac8..f5707bc 100644
--- a/src/GVNSs.jl
+++ b/src/GVNSs.jl
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ end
     vnd(scheduler, solution)
 
 Perform variable neighborhood descent (VND) on given solution.
-Return true if a global termination condition is fulfilled, else False.
+Return true if a global termination condition is fulfilled, else false.
 """
 function vnd!(gvns::GVNS, sol::Solution)::Bool
     sol2 = copy(sol)
@@ -88,10 +88,10 @@ Perform general variable neighborhood search (GVNS) to given solution.
 """
 function gvns!(gvns::GVNS, sol::Solution)
     sol2 = copy(sol)
-    if vnd!(gvns, sol2) || isempty(gvns.meths_sh)
+    use_vnd = !isempty(gvns.meths_li)
+    if use_vnd && vnd!(gvns, sol2) || isempty(gvns.meths_sh)
         return
     end
-    use_vnd = !isempty(gvns.meths_li)
     improvement_found = true
     while improvement_found
         for m in next_method(gvns.meths_sh, repeat=true)