diff --git a/lib/proxied_jid.rb b/lib/proxied_jid.rb
index dfb309c0d7fabea33151c871bcceba7039b6fa41..c78252221393e7411963a4f69e4a9eb63db36d5c 100644
--- a/lib/proxied_jid.rb
+++ b/lib/proxied_jid.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class ProxiedJID < SimpleDelegator
 
 	def unproxied
 		Blather::JID.new(
-			node.gsub(/\\(#{ESCAPED})/) { |s|
+			node&.gsub(/\\(#{ESCAPED})/) { |s|
 				s[1..-1].to_i(16).chr
 			}
 		)