diff --git a/starfallex/starfall_tts_gimpy.lua b/starfallex/starfall_tts_gimpy.lua
index 2f5e770..3266901 100644
--- a/starfallex/starfall_tts_gimpy.lua
+++ b/starfallex/starfall_tts_gimpy.lua
@@ -9,8 +9,11 @@ hook.add("playerchat", "henkey", function(ply, txt)
     if ply ~= owner() then return end
 
     if string.sub(txt, 1, 1) ~= ";" then return end
+    local arg = string.sub(txt, 2)
 
-    bass.loadURL("https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q=" .. http.urlEncode(txt) .. "&tl=" .. lang .. "&client=tw-ob", "3d",
+    if arg ~= nil then return end
+
+    bass.loadURL("https://translate.google.com/translate_tts?ie=UTF-8&q=" .. http.urlEncode(arg) .. "&tl=" .. lang .. "&client=tw-ob", "3d",
     function(a, err, name)
         -- we dispose the current reference, then we create a new one
         if soundref then soundref:stop() end