diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/components/UIWrappedText.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/components/UIWrappedText.kt
index 3e88e4ab..8aa5824e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/components/UIWrappedText.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/components/UIWrappedText.kt
@@ -145,12 +145,6 @@ open class UIWrappedText @JvmOverloads constructor(
             return super.draw(matrixStack)
         }
 
-        if (width / textScale <= charWidth) {
-            // If we are smaller than a char, we can't physically split this string into
-            // "width" strings, so we'll prefer a no-op to an error.
-            return super.draw(matrixStack)
-        }
-
         UGraphics.enableBlend()
 
         val lines = if (trimText) {
diff --git a/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/utils/text.kt b/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/utils/text.kt
index c0f68502..56a95b8e 100644
--- a/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/utils/text.kt
+++ b/src/main/kotlin/gg/essential/elementa/utils/text.kt
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ fun getStringSplitToWidth(
                     pushLine()
 
                 for (char in word.toCharArray()) {
-                    if ((currLine.toString() + char).width(textScale, fontProvider) > maxLineWidthSpace)
+                    if (currLine.isNotEmpty() && (currLine.toString() + char).width(textScale, fontProvider) > maxLineWidthSpace)
                         pushLine()
                     currLine.append(char)
                 }