--- a/mcabber/src/utils.c	Sat Oct 21 11:07:50 2006 +0200
+++ b/mcabber/src/utils.c	Sat Oct 21 11:22:15 2006 +0200
@@ -383,6 +383,8 @@
   int escape = FALSE;
   char *p;
 
+  if (!s) return;
+
   for (p = s; *p; p++) {
     if (*p == '"') {
       if (!escape) {