diff --git a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
index 28250408..fb2ac202 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/Game.cpp
@@ -443,17 +443,14 @@ void Game::updatecustomlevelstats(std::string clevel, int cscore)
 }
 
 #define LOAD_ARRAY_RENAME(ARRAY_NAME, DEST) \
-    if (pKey == #ARRAY_NAME) \
+    if (pKey == #ARRAY_NAME && pText[0] != '\0') \
     { \
         std::string TextString = pText; \
-        if (TextString.length()) \
-        { \
             std::vector<std::string> values = split(TextString, ','); \
             for (int i = 0; i < VVV_min(SDL_arraysize(DEST), values.size()); i++) \
             { \
                 DEST[i] = help.Int(values[i].c_str()); \
             } \
-        } \
     }
 
 #define LOAD_ARRAY(ARRAY_NAME) LOAD_ARRAY_RENAME(ARRAY_NAME, ARRAY_NAME)
@@ -542,17 +539,14 @@ void Game::loadcustomlevelstats()
 
         LOAD_ARRAY_RENAME(customlevelscore, customlevelscores)
 
-        if (pKey == "customlevelstats")
+        if (pKey == "customlevelstats" && pText[0] != '\0')
         {
             std::string TextString = (pText);
-            if(TextString.length())
-            {
                 std::vector<std::string> values = split(TextString,'|');
                 for(size_t i = 0; i < values.size(); i++)
                 {
                     customlevelnames.push_back(values[i]);
                 }
-            }
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/desktop_version/src/editor.cpp b/desktop_version/src/editor.cpp
index 5539b22b..b5f378da 100644
--- a/desktop_version/src/editor.cpp
+++ b/desktop_version/src/editor.cpp
@@ -1752,11 +1752,9 @@ bool editorclass::load(std::string& _path)
         }
 
 
-        if (pKey == "contents")
+        if (pKey == "contents" && pText[0] != '\0')
         {
             std::string TextString = (pText);
-            if(TextString.length())
-            {
                 std::vector<std::string> values = split(TextString,',');
                 SDL_memset(contents, 0, sizeof(contents));
                 int x =0;
@@ -1772,7 +1770,6 @@ bool editorclass::load(std::string& _path)
                     }
 
                 }
-            }
         }
 
 
@@ -1873,11 +1870,9 @@ bool editorclass::load(std::string& _path)
             }
         }
 
-        if (pKey == "script")
+        if (pKey == "script" && pText[0] != '\0')
         {
             std::string TextString = (pText);
-            if(TextString.length())
-            {
                 std::vector<std::string> values = split(TextString,'|');
                 script.clearcustom();
                 Script script_;
@@ -1910,8 +1905,6 @@ bool editorclass::load(std::string& _path)
                     //Add the script if we have a preceding header
                     script.customscripts.push_back(script_);
                 }
-
-            }
         }
 
     }