diff --git a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
index f0ba7471d..4a012fd0b 100644
--- a/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
+++ b/ci/release/changelogs/next.md
@@ -31,3 +31,4 @@
 - Fixes a panic with a connection to a grid cell that is a container in TALA [#1729](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1729)
 - Fixes incorrect grid cell positioning when the grid has a shape set and fixes content sometimes escaping circle shapes. [#1734](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1734)
 - Fixes content sometimes escaping cloud shapes. [#1736](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1736)
+- Fixes panic using a glob filter (e.g. `&a`) outside globs. [#1748](https://github.com/terrastruct/d2/pull/1748)
diff --git a/d2ir/compile.go b/d2ir/compile.go
index ed18a6253..7fce0c828 100644
--- a/d2ir/compile.go
+++ b/d2ir/compile.go
@@ -394,6 +394,9 @@ func (c *compiler) ampersandFilterMap(dst *Map, ast, scopeAST *d2ast.Map) bool {
 				ScopeAST: scopeAST,
 			})
 			if !ok {
+				if len(c.mapRefContextStack) == 0 {
+					return false
+				}
 				// Unapply glob if appropriate.
 				gctx := c.getGlobContext(c.mapRefContextStack[len(c.mapRefContextStack)-1])
 				if gctx == nil {
diff --git a/d2ir/filter_test.go b/d2ir/filter_test.go
index 322d5b450..63375b816 100644
--- a/d2ir/filter_test.go
+++ b/d2ir/filter_test.go
@@ -233,6 +233,18 @@ classes: {
 TestCompile/filters/errors/bad-syntax.d2:9:1: unexpected map termination character } in file map`)
 				},
 			},
+			{
+				name: "outside-glob",
+				run: func(t testing.TB) {
+					_, err := compile(t, `jacob.style: {
+	fill: red
+	multiple: true
+}
+&a
+`)
+					assert.ErrorString(t, err, `TestCompile/filters/errors/outside-glob.d2:5:1: glob filters cannot be used outside globs`)
+				},
+			},
 			{
 				name: "no-glob",
 				run: func(t testing.TB) {
diff --git a/testdata/d2ir/TestCompile/filters/outside-glob.exp.json b/testdata/d2ir/TestCompile/filters/outside-glob.exp.json
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fbfc21849
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testdata/d2ir/TestCompile/filters/outside-glob.exp.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "fields": null,
+  "edges": null
+}