diff --git a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
index a431422663a6464e60b299975b0f547d7b04b155..708803bd9531e345ddc75af240c85e90047bb79e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/de/kuschku/quasseldroid_ng/ui/chat/ChatActivity.kt
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class ChatActivity : ServiceBoundActivity(), SharedPreferences.OnSharedPreferenc
         }
       }
 
-      if (next != null) lastWord.onNext(next)
+      lastWord.onNext(next ?: Pair("", IntRange.EMPTY))
     }
 
     override fun beforeTextChanged(s: CharSequence?, start: Int, count: Int, after: Int) = Unit