diff --git a/TwitchDownloaderCore/TwitchHelper.cs b/TwitchDownloaderCore/TwitchHelper.cs
index a3816eef..98133642 100644
--- a/TwitchDownloaderCore/TwitchHelper.cs
+++ b/TwitchDownloaderCore/TwitchHelper.cs
@@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ public static async Task<List<TwitchEmote>> GetEmotes(List<Comment> comments, st
 
                 foreach (var id in comment.message.fragments
                              .Select(f => f.emoticon?.emoticon_id)
-                             .Where(id => !alreadyAdded.Contains(id) && !failedEmotes.Contains(id)))
+                             .Where(id => id != null && !alreadyAdded.Contains(id) && !failedEmotes.Contains(id)))
                 {
                     try
                     {