diff --git a/services/managers/teamspeak3_manager.py b/services/managers/teamspeak3_manager.py
index 141306af..a42a8217 100755
--- a/services/managers/teamspeak3_manager.py
+++ b/services/managers/teamspeak3_manager.py
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ class Teamspeak3Manager:
     def _group_id_by_name(groupname):
         server = Teamspeak3Manager.__get_created_server()
         group_cache = server.send_command('servergrouplist')
+
         for group in group_cache:
             if group['keys']['name'] == groupname:
                 return group['keys']['sgid']
diff --git a/services/managers/util/ts3.py b/services/managers/util/ts3.py
index 9b1c55fb..f13a04ba 100755
--- a/services/managers/util/ts3.py
+++ b/services/managers/util/ts3.py
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TS3Proto():
                     v = [v[0], '='.join(v[1:])]
                 key, value = v
                 keys[key] = self._unescape_str(value)
-            elif v[0][0] == '-':
+            elif v[0][0] and v[0][0] == '-':
                 # Option
                 opts.append(v[0][1:])
             else: