diff --git a/app/helpers/errs_helper.rb b/app/helpers/errs_helper.rb
index 3a8ca84..84d5df4 100644
--- a/app/helpers/errs_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/errs_helper.rb
@@ -8,9 +8,10 @@ module ErrsHelper
   end
 
   def trucated_err_message(problem)
-    msg = truncate(problem.message, :length => 300)
-    # Insert invisible unicode characters so that firefox can emulate 'word-wrap: break-word' CSS
-    msg.scan(/.{1,5}/).join("​").html_safe
+    unless (msg = problem.message).blank?
+      # Truncate & insert invisible chars so that firefox can emulate 'word-wrap: break-word' CSS rule
+      truncate(msg, :length => 300).scan(/.{1,5}/).join("​").html_safe
+    end
   end
 end
 
diff --git a/spec/controllers/errs_controller_spec.rb b/spec/controllers/errs_controller_spec.rb
index 2ebc793..46fec57 100644
--- a/spec/controllers/errs_controller_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/controllers/errs_controller_spec.rb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ describe ErrsController do
       it "should successfully list errs" do
         get :index
         response.should be_success
-        response.body.should match(@problem.message)
+        response.body.gsub("​", "").should match(@problem.message)
       end
 
       it "should list atom feed successfully" do
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