diff --git a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholders.java b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholders.java
index 37c1570b..24ea06ad 100644
--- a/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholders.java
+++ b/plugin/src/main/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholders.java
@@ -51,12 +51,11 @@ public class StringWithPlaceholders {
             if (replacement != null) {                
                 // Append placeholder replacement
                 output.append(replacement);
-                lastAppendIndex = match.endIndex;
             } else {
                 // If no replacement is provided, do not replace the occurrence
                 output.append(match.unparsedString);
             }
-
+            lastAppendIndex = match.endIndex;
         }
 
         // Append trailing text (if any)
diff --git a/plugin/src/test/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholdersTest.java b/plugin/src/test/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholdersTest.java
index d4029f51..9d089aa4 100644
--- a/plugin/src/test/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholdersTest.java
+++ b/plugin/src/test/java/me/filoghost/holographicdisplays/placeholder/parsing/StringWithPlaceholdersTest.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 package me.filoghost.holographicdisplays.placeholder.parsing;
 
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.ParameterizedTest;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.Arguments;
 import org.junit.jupiter.params.provider.MethodSource;
@@ -33,6 +34,13 @@ class StringWithPlaceholdersTest {
                 Arguments.of("abc p}", "abc p}") // Placeholder without opening tag
         );
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    void skipReplacing() {
+        String input = "{p} a {p} b {p}";
+        StringWithPlaceholders s = new StringWithPlaceholders(input);
+        assertThat(s.replacePlaceholders(occurrence -> null)).isEqualTo(input);
+    }
 
     @ParameterizedTest(name = "[{index}] {0} -> {1}, {2}, {3}")
     @MethodSource("parsingTestArguments")