1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/cgit.c b/cgit.c
index fd341b8..b3a98c1 100644
--- a/cgit.c
+++ b/cgit.c
@@ -16,17 +16,17 @@
 #include "scan-tree.h"
 
 const char *cgit_version = CGIT_VERSION;
 
 struct cgit_filter *new_filter(const char *cmd, int extra_args)
 {
 	struct cgit_filter *f;
 
-	if (!cmd)
+	if (!cmd || !cmd[0])
 		return NULL;
 
 	f = xmalloc(sizeof(struct cgit_filter));
 	f->cmd = xstrdup(cmd);
 	f->argv = xmalloc((2 + extra_args) * sizeof(char *));
 	f->argv[0] = f->cmd;
 	f->argv[1] = NULL;
 	return f;