From bf448a557ea8ca81e8483ffebb9b662c4328f42e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: justcool393 <justcool393@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 18:22:47 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] fix *another* 500

---
 files/helpers/regex.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/files/helpers/regex.py b/files/helpers/regex.py
index 7ccc84837..ebb9b7b0a 100644
--- a/files/helpers/regex.py
+++ b/files/helpers/regex.py
@@ -118,9 +118,9 @@ knowledgebase_page_regex = re.compile("[a-zA-Z0-9_\-]+", flags=re.A)
 def sub_matcher(match:re.Match, upper=False, replace_with:Union[dict[str, str], dict[str, List[str]]]=SLURS):
 	group_num = 0 if len(match.groups()) == 0 else 1
 	match_str = match.group(group_num)
+	if match_str is None: return ""
 	if group_num == 1:
 		match_str = match_str.replace('\\W', '')
-	if match_str is None: return ""
 	if match_str.startswith('<'):
 		return match.group(group_num)
 	else: