diff --git a/src/main/java/de/extio/lmlib/util/TextUtils.java b/src/main/java/de/extio/lmlib/util/TextUtils.java
index 8c07c79..13f694d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/extio/lmlib/util/TextUtils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/extio/lmlib/util/TextUtils.java
@@ -53,6 +53,10 @@ public class TextUtils {
 	}
 	
 	public static String normalizeModelResponse(final String response, final boolean removePreamble) {
+		if (response == null) {	
+			return null;
+		}
+
 		var result = StringUtils.replace(response, "\r", "");
 		
 		if (removePreamble) {