diff --git a/http-service/src/main/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigService.java b/http-service/src/main/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigService.java
index 7c3f5c37b3..6c48a60277 100644
--- a/http-service/src/main/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigService.java
+++ b/http-service/src/main/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigService.java
@@ -233,8 +233,11 @@ public class ConfigService
 		try
 		{
 			jsonValue = RuneLiteAPI.GSON.fromJson(value, Object.class);
-
-			if (jsonValue instanceof Double || jsonValue instanceof Float)
+			if (jsonValue == null)
+			{
+				return value;
+			}
+			else if (jsonValue instanceof Double || jsonValue instanceof Float)
 			{
 				Number number = (Number) jsonValue;
 				if (Math.floor(number.doubleValue()) == number.doubleValue() && !Double.isInfinite(number.doubleValue()))
@@ -272,6 +275,10 @@ public class ConfigService
 		{
 			// I couldn't figure out a better way to do this than a second json parse
 			JsonElement jsonElement = RuneLiteAPI.GSON.fromJson(value, JsonElement.class);
+			if (jsonElement == null)
+			{
+				return value.length() < MAX_VALUE_LENGTH;
+			}
 			return validateObject(jsonElement, 1);
 		}
 		catch (JsonSyntaxException ex)
diff --git a/http-service/src/test/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigServiceTest.java b/http-service/src/test/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigServiceTest.java
index 64c4ef574c..e74eb4d4fa 100644
--- a/http-service/src/test/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigServiceTest.java
+++ b/http-service/src/test/java/net/runelite/http/service/config/ConfigServiceTest.java
@@ -51,5 +51,6 @@ public class ConfigServiceTest
 		assertTrue(ConfigService.validateJson("\"test\""));
 		assertTrue(ConfigService.validateJson("key:value"));
 		assertTrue(ConfigService.validateJson("{\"key\": \"value\"}"));
+		assertTrue(ConfigService.validateJson("\n"));
 	}
 }
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