diff --git a/Utils/_PolishText.cpp b/Utils/_PolishText.cpp
index 2d107c36..6e2a8811 100644
--- a/Utils/_PolishText.cpp
+++ b/Utils/_PolishText.cpp
@@ -3298,7 +3298,7 @@ STR16			AimPopUpText[] =
 
 	//If you try to hire more mercs than game can support
 
-	L"Masz już pełny zespół 18 najemników.",
+	L"You have a full team of mercs already.",
 
 	L"Nagrana wiadomość",
 	L"Wiadomość zapisana",
diff --git a/VFS/utf8string.cpp b/VFS/utf8string.cpp
index e03250fa..743a2cc7 100644
--- a/VFS/utf8string.cpp
+++ b/VFS/utf8string.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ std::string utf8string::as_utf8(utf8string const& str)
 }
 std::string utf8string::as_utf8(std::wstring const& str)
 {
+	if(str.length() == 0)
+	{
+		return "";
+	}
 #if 0
 	std::string s;
 	utf8::utf16to8(str.begin(), str.end(), std::back_inserter(s));
@@ -224,6 +228,10 @@ std::string	utf8string::as_utf8(const wchar_t* str, unsigned int strlength)
 	{
 		len = wcslen(str);
 	}
+	if(len == 0)
+	{
+		return "";
+	}
 	utf8::utf16to8(str,str+len,std::back_inserter(s));
 	return s;
 }