diff --git a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
index 25def9ae..ab44655f 100644
--- a/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
+++ b/couchpotato/core/helpers/variable.py
@@ -182,4 +182,4 @@ def randomString(size = 8, chars = string.ascii_uppercase + string.digits):
     return ''.join(random.choice(chars) for x in range(size))
 
 def splitString(str, split_on = ','):
-    return [x.strip() for x in str.split(split_on)] if str else []
+    return filter(None, [x.strip() for x in str.split(split_on)] if str else [])