diff --git a/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp b/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
index 23c4263..f3a78c2 100644
--- a/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
+++ b/NameFilter/scripting/NameFilter.sp
@@ -290,6 +290,9 @@ bool FilterName(int client, char[] sName, int Length = MAX_NAME_LENGTH)
 	{
 		for(int i = 0; i < g_BannedExprs.Length; i++)
 		{
+			if (!strlen(sName))
+				break;
+
 			Handle hRegex = g_BannedExprs.Get(i);
 			int Match = MatchRegex(hRegex, sName, iError);
 			if(iError != REGEX_ERROR_NONE)