diff --git a/src/Exception.hpp b/src/Exception.hpp
index 1ba0af3..5b52775 100644
--- a/src/Exception.hpp
+++ b/src/Exception.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #ifndef ARBUTILS_EXCEPTION_HPP
 #define ARBUTILS_EXCEPTION_HPP
+#include <cstring>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <string>
 #include "ErrorHelpers.hpp"
@@ -135,7 +136,9 @@ namespace ArbUt {
                                       backward::SnippetFactory& snippetFactory) {
             auto fileName = (strrchr(source.filename.c_str(), '/') ? strrchr(source.filename.c_str(), '/') + 1
                                                                    : source.filename.c_str());
-
+            if (strlen(fileName) == 0){
+                return;
+            }
             auto snippetSearch = snippetFactory.get_snippet(source.filename, source.line, 1);
             if (snippetSearch.empty()) {
                 ss << fileName << "[" << source.line << "]" << std::endl;