diff --git a/build-number.txt b/build-number.txt
index b8ffba82..43e249ec 100644
--- a/build-number.txt
+++ b/build-number.txt
@@ -1 +1 @@
-2609
\ No newline at end of file
+2611
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/commands/CommandBlockCommand.java b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/commands/CommandBlockCommand.java
index e3fe02e4..6506435b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/commands/CommandBlockCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/chayapak1/chomens_bot/commands/CommandBlockCommand.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import net.kyori.adventure.text.format.NamedTextColor;
 import java.util.concurrent.CompletableFuture;
 import java.util.regex.Matcher;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+import java.util.regex.PatternSyntaxException;
 
 // based off of HBot's supercb command
 public class CommandBlockCommand extends Command {
@@ -40,7 +41,11 @@ public class CommandBlockCommand extends Command {
     public Component execute (final CommandContext context) throws CommandException {
         final Bot bot = context.bot;
 
-        runCommand(bot, context, context.getString(true, true), null);
+        try {
+            runCommand(bot, context, context.getString(true, true), null);
+        } catch (final PatternSyntaxException e) {
+            throw new CommandException(Component.text(e.toString()));
+        }
 
         return null;
     }