diff --git a/src/includes/class/class.LScli.php b/src/includes/class/class.LScli.php
index 78d1eda7..b9b82932 100644
--- a/src/includes/class/class.LScli.php
+++ b/src/includes/class/class.LScli.php
@@ -819,7 +819,7 @@ class LScli extends LSlog_staticLoggerClass {
    * @return string The quote character or an empty string if word if not quoted
    */
   public static function unquote_word(&$word) {
-    if (in_array($word[0], array('"', "'"))) {
+    if ($word && in_array($word[0], array('"', "'"))) {
       $quote_char = $word[0];
       $word = substr($word, 1);
       if ($word[strlen($word)-1] == $quote_char)