diff --git a/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Inventories.java b/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Inventories.java
index 4615c742..47ded7bc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Inventories.java
+++ b/src/main/java/carpet/script/api/Inventories.java
@@ -53,7 +53,9 @@ public class Inventories {
         expression.addLazyFunction("item_category", 1, (c, t, lv) ->
         {
             ItemStackArgument item = NBTSerializableValue.parseItem(lv.get(0).evalValue(c).getString());
-            Value res = new StringValue(item.getItem().getGroup().getName());
+            
+            ItemGroup ig = item.getItem().getGroup();
+            Value res = (ig==null)?Value.NULL:new StringValue(ig.getName());
             return (_c, _t) -> res;
         });