diff --git a/src/parser.c b/src/parser.c
index 447e1b4a..f0e76e59 100644
--- a/src/parser.c
+++ b/src/parser.c
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ parse_args(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num)
         *num = 0;
         return NULL;
 
+    // if min allowed is 0 and 0 found, return empty char* array
+    } else if (min == 0 && *num == 0) {
+        gchar **args = malloc((*num + 1) * sizeof(*args));
+        args[0] = NULL;
+        return args;
+
     // otherwise return args array
     } else {
         gchar **args = malloc((*num + 1) * sizeof(*args));
@@ -151,6 +157,12 @@ parse_args_with_freetext(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num)
         *num = 0;
         return NULL;
 
+    // if min allowed is 0 and 0 found, return empty char* array
+    } else if (min == 0 && *num == 0) {
+        gchar **args = malloc((*num + 1) * sizeof(*args));
+        args[0] = NULL;
+        return args;
+
     // otherwise return args array
     } else {
         gchar **args = malloc((*num + 1) * sizeof(*args));
diff --git a/src/parser.h b/src/parser.h
index a0442f33..a8a52e22 100644
--- a/src/parser.h
+++ b/src/parser.h
@@ -26,5 +26,6 @@
 #include <glib.h>
 
 gchar** parse_args(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num);
+gchar** parse_args_with_freetext(const char * const inp, int min, int max, int *num);
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/test_parser.c b/tests/test_parser.c
index a3e31ed6..9a692edc 100644
--- a/tests/test_parser.c
+++ b/tests/test_parser.c
@@ -172,6 +172,30 @@ parse_cmd_two_args_with_freetext(void)
     g_strfreev(result);
 }
 
+void
+parse_cmd_min_zero(void)
+{
+    char *inp = "/cmd";
+    int num = 0;
+    gchar **result = parse_args(inp, 0, 2, &num);
+
+    assert_int_equals(0, num);
+    assert_is_null(result[0]);
+    g_strfreev(result);
+}
+
+void
+parse_cmd_min_zero_with_freetext(void)
+{
+    char *inp = "/cmd";
+    int num = 0;
+    gchar **result = parse_args_with_freetext(inp, 0, 2, &num);
+
+    assert_int_equals(0, num);
+    assert_is_null(result[0]);
+    g_strfreev(result);
+}
+
 void
 register_parser_tests(void)
 {
@@ -190,4 +214,6 @@ register_parser_tests(void)
     TEST(parse_cmd_two_args_with_freetext);
     TEST(parse_cmd_with_too_few_returns_null);
     TEST(parse_cmd_with_too_many_returns_null);
+    TEST(parse_cmd_min_zero);
+    TEST(parse_cmd_min_zero_with_freetext);
 }