diff --git a/xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js b/xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js
index 2dfbb22324b20be0a3ab22ac19cf8195f2720cb6..f8b049e71d27348bc19289597e8d8693726dd298 100644
--- a/xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js
+++ b/xtrn/DDMsgReader/DDMsgReader.js
@@ -19649,6 +19649,9 @@ function getMsgUpDownvotesAndScore(pMsgHdr, pVerbose)
 // Return value: The message body, with any initial color removed
 function removeInitialColorFromMsgBody(pMsgBody)
 {
+	if (pMsgBody == null)
+		return "";
+
 	var msgBody = pMsgBody;
 
 	msgBodyLines = pMsgBody.split("\r\n", 3);