diff --git a/lib/UIKit/TUIAttributedString.m b/lib/UIKit/TUIAttributedString.m
index b4a725a5..13c1a591 100644
--- a/lib/UIKit/TUIAttributedString.m
+++ b/lib/UIKit/TUIAttributedString.m
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ @implementation TUIAttributedString
 
 + (TUIAttributedString *)stringWithString:(NSString *)string
 {
-	return (TUIAttributedString *)[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string];
+	return (TUIAttributedString *)[[NSMutableAttributedString alloc] initWithString:string ? : @""];
 }
 
 @end