diff --git a/src/events/character/connect.ts b/src/events/character/connect.ts
index 95d777d..67256dd 100644
--- a/src/events/character/connect.ts
+++ b/src/events/character/connect.ts
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ export default class CharacterConnectEvent extends BaseEvent {
 
   private async handleEvent(data: CharacterConnectPayload, callback: (response: any) => void): Promise<void> {
     try {
+      if (data.newNickname === '') data.newNickname = undefined
       const result = ZCharacterConnect.safeParse(data)
       if (!result.success) {
         this.sendNotificationAndLog(result.error?.errors[0]?.message ?? 'Invalid data')