diff --git a/src/parser/cmd_parsing.c b/src/parser/cmd_parsing.c
index 2b602ae..b9827de 100644
--- a/src/parser/cmd_parsing.c
+++ b/src/parser/cmd_parsing.c
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 /*   By: jguelen <marvin@42.fr>                     +#+  +:+       +#+        */
 /*                                                +#+#+#+#+#+   +#+           */
 /*   Created: 2025/03/31 10:28:28 by jguelen           #+#    #+#             */
-/*   Updated: 2025/04/04 18:21:17 by jguelen          ###   ########.fr       */
+/*   Updated: 2025/04/04 18:38:59 by jguelen          ###   ########.fr       */
 /*                                                                            */
 /* ************************************************************************** */
 
@@ -69,6 +69,8 @@ t_cmd	*minishell_parse(t_minishell *app, char *command_line)
 	t_cmd			*root_cmd;
 
 	builder.tokens = minishell_wordsplit(command_line);
+	if (!builder.tokens)
+		return (NULL);
 	root_cmd = minishell_cmds_parse(app, &builder);
 	if (!root_cmd || builder.tokens)
 	{