From 4f94247910c1785b4fa15dc5eb81d664978a3f91 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: 0cc4m <picard12@live.de>
Date: Mon, 8 May 2023 22:56:17 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix chat mode empty generation error

---
 utils.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 89b9fb4f..54083339 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ def applyoutputformatting(txt, no_sentence_trimming=False, no_single_line=False)
         txt = replaceblanklines(txt)
 
     # trim off starting new lines in replies if we're in chat mode
-    if koboldai_vars.chatmode and txt[0] == "\n":
+    if koboldai_vars.chatmode and txt and txt[0] == "\n":
         txt = txt[1:]
 
     # Remove special characters