diff --git a/rwengine/src/render/TextRenderer.cpp b/rwengine/src/render/TextRenderer.cpp
index 286cd1f1..614b53d2 100644
--- a/rwengine/src/render/TextRenderer.cpp
+++ b/rwengine/src/render/TextRenderer.cpp
@@ -141,6 +141,9 @@ void TextRenderer::setFontTexture(int index, const std::string& texture) {
 
 void TextRenderer::renderText(const TextRenderer::TextInfo& ti,
                               bool forceColour) {
+    if (ti.text.empty() || ti.text[0] == '*')
+        return;
+
     renderer->getRenderer()->pushDebugGroup("Text");
     renderer->getRenderer()->useProgram(textShader.get());