diff --git a/plugins/tildewash.py b/plugins/tildewash.py
index f034296..15b9d84 100644
--- a/plugins/tildewash.py
+++ b/plugins/tildewash.py
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ def cleanwash_money(msg):
     nick = msg.nick
     if msg.nick in msg.ops and msg.arg: nick = msg.arg
     balance = Decimal(subprocess.check_output(['/home/jmjl/bin/coin','Ju','internal_balance',nick],universal_newlines=True))
+    if balance == Decimal(0): return pinhook.plugin.message("You don't have any tildecoins with us, so you can't cleanwash")
     subprocess.check_output(['/home/jmjl/bin/coin','Ju','add_internal_balance',nick,f'-{str(balance)}'],universal_newlines=True).strip()
     new_balance = Decimal(randint(80,110))/Decimal(100)*Decimal(balance)
     new_balance = new_balance.quantize(Decimal('1.'), rounding=ROUND_DOWN)