diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/PermissionHandler.java b/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/PermissionHandler.java
index c97028da..9c0ae5b2 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/PermissionHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/PermissionHandler.java
@@ -184,6 +184,8 @@ public class PermissionHandler {
 
 			for (Entry<String, Boolean> one : condition.getPerformPerm().entrySet()) {
 			    String perm = one.getKey();
+			    if (perm == null || perm.isEmpty())
+				continue;
 			    if (one.getValue())
 				permissions.put(perm, true);
 			    else {
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/container/JobConditions.java b/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/container/JobConditions.java
index 35981e62..7a66e73a 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/container/JobConditions.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/gamingmesh/jobs/container/JobConditions.java
@@ -47,7 +47,11 @@ public class JobConditions {
 		    continue;
 		}
 
-		requiresJobs.put(split[0], jobLevel);
+		String perm = split[0];
+		if (perm == null || perm.isEmpty())
+		    continue;
+
+		requiresJobs.put(perm, jobLevel);
 	    }
 
 	    if (cond.contains("p:")) {
@@ -62,10 +66,20 @@ public class JobConditions {
 		continue;
 
 	    String clean = one.substring("p:".length());
-		String[] split = clean.split("-", 2);
 
-		if (split.length > 1) {
-		performPerm.put(split[0], split[1].equalsIgnoreCase("true"));
+	    if (clean == null || clean.isEmpty())
+		continue;
+
+	    String[] split = clean.split("-", 2);
+
+	    if (split.length > 1) {
+
+		String perm = split[0];
+		if (perm == null || perm.isEmpty())
+		    continue;
+		boolean value = split[1].equalsIgnoreCase("true");
+		
+		performPerm.put(perm, value);
 	    } else {
 		performPerm.put(clean, true);
 	    }