diff --git a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
index 6cb8ef6b..e4df4e1f 100644
--- a/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
+++ b/brut.apktool/apktool-lib/src/main/java/brut/androlib/res/decoder/StringBlock.java
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ public class StringBlock {
     public String getHTML(int index) {
         String raw = getString(index);
         if (raw == null) {
-            return raw;
+            return null;
         }
         int[] style = getStyle(index);
         if (style == null) {