diff --git a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
index df2ab1e..9458f5d 100644
--- a/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
+++ b/app/backend/InputOutputHandler.tsx
@@ -113,13 +113,15 @@ const InputOutputBackend: React.FC = () => {
     setMessages(previous => [...previous,{role,content}])
   }  
   const handleSendClick = (inputValue: string) => {
-    if (sendable) {
-      sendable=false
-      if (postWorkerRef.current) {
-        addMessage("user", inputValue)
-        console.log("input:",inputValue);
-        postWorkerRef.current.postMessage({messages:[...messages, { role: "user", content: inputValue }], ai_model:"phi3.5", access_token:accessToken})
-        startGetWorker()
+    if (inputValue != "") {
+      if (sendable) {
+        sendable=false
+        if (postWorkerRef.current) {
+          addMessage("user", inputValue)
+          console.log("input:",inputValue);
+          postWorkerRef.current.postMessage({messages:[...messages, { role: "user", content: inputValue }], ai_model:"phi3.5", access_token:accessToken})
+          startGetWorker()
+        }
       }
     }
   }