diff --git a/Plugins/Mineplex.Core.Common/src/mineplex/core/common/util/UtilText.java b/Plugins/Mineplex.Core.Common/src/mineplex/core/common/util/UtilText.java
index 360a418c2..92b4eb728 100644
--- a/Plugins/Mineplex.Core.Common/src/mineplex/core/common/util/UtilText.java
+++ b/Plugins/Mineplex.Core.Common/src/mineplex/core/common/util/UtilText.java
@@ -614,6 +614,11 @@ public class UtilText
 
 	public static String repeat(String txt, int times)
 	{
+		if (times <= 0)
+		{
+			return new String();
+		}
+		
 		return new String(new byte[times]).replace("\0", txt);
 	}