diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_channel/chat.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_channel/chat.coffee
index 4745483a4..86ad9fcc6 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_channel/chat.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/app/controllers/_channel/chat.coffee
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ class App.ChannelChat extends App.ControllerSubContent
         params[key] = value
     paramString = ''
     for key, value of params
-      if value != ''
+      if !_.isEmpty(value)
         if paramString != ''
           # coffeelint: disable=no_unnecessary_double_quotes
           paramString += ",\n"