diff --git a/Audio/Plugin.h b/Audio/Plugin.h
index b8ac14b3b..61e47ab5a 100644
--- a/Audio/Plugin.h
+++ b/Audio/Plugin.h
@@ -112,13 +112,21 @@
 
 static NSString *guess_encoding_of_string(const char *input) {
 	NSString *ret = @"";
-	@try {
-		ret = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:input];
-	}
-	@catch(NSException *e) {
-		// This method is incredibly slow
-		NSData *stringData = [NSData dataWithBytes:input length:strlen(input)];
-		[NSString stringEncodingForData:stringData encodingOptions:nil convertedString:&ret usedLossyConversion:nil];
+	if(input && *input) {
+		@try {
+			ret = [NSString stringWithUTF8String:input];
+		}
+		@catch(NSException *e) {
+			ret = nil;
+		}
+		if(!ret) {
+			// This method is incredibly slow
+			NSData *stringData = [NSData dataWithBytes:input length:strlen(input)];
+			[NSString stringEncodingForData:stringData encodingOptions:nil convertedString:&ret usedLossyConversion:nil];
+			if(!ret) {
+				ret = @"";
+			}
+		}
 	}
 	return ret;
 }