diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 8fe0fab..36a3080 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -4767,7 +4767,7 @@ MD_String8 last_said_sentence(Entity *npc)
 
 	for(Memory *cur = npc->memories_last; cur; cur = cur->prev)
 	{
-		if(cur->context.author_npc_kind == npc->npc_kind)
+		if(cur->context.author_npc_kind == npc->npc_kind && cur->speech.text_length > 0)
 		{
 			to_return = TextChunkString8(cur->speech);
 			break;