diff --git a/exec/sbbsimsg.js b/exec/sbbsimsg.js
index 3d3f6faae2272ea2cfa649583fd2220fddcbff8d..89ed26bcebedc33ed44e62b7086e6cc5c5e1e417 100644
--- a/exec/sbbsimsg.js
+++ b/exec/sbbsimsg.js
@@ -87,7 +87,10 @@ function list_users(show)
 			str=sock.readline();
 			if(str==null)
 				break;
-			response.push(truncsp(str));
+			str = truncsp(str);
+			if(str=="")
+				continue;
+			response.push(str);
 		}
 		sock.close();