diff --git a/quartz/src/jvmAndroid/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/commands/toClient/MessageDeserializer.kt b/quartz/src/jvmAndroid/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/commands/toClient/MessageDeserializer.kt
index 95bfb8f2b..0cf7c0a53 100644
--- a/quartz/src/jvmAndroid/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/commands/toClient/MessageDeserializer.kt
+++ b/quartz/src/jvmAndroid/kotlin/com/vitorpamplona/quartz/nip01Core/relay/commands/toClient/MessageDeserializer.kt
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class MessageDeserializer : StdDeserializer<Message>(Message::class.java) {
                 ClosedMessage.LABEL ->
                     ClosedMessage(
                         subId = jp.nextTextValue(),
-                        message = jp.nextTextValue(),
+                        message = jp.nextTextValue() ?: "",
                     )
 
                 CountMessage.LABEL -> {