diff --git a/js/battle.js b/js/battle.js
index 2d3c746de..b19000ed7 100644
--- a/js/battle.js
+++ b/js/battle.js
@@ -4401,6 +4401,7 @@ function Battle(frame, logFrame, noPreload) {
 	} */
 	this.parseDetails = function (name, pokemonid, details, output) {
 		if (!output) output = {};
+		if (!details) details = "";
 		output.details = details;
 		output.name = name;
 		output.species = name;
@@ -4518,7 +4519,7 @@ function Battle(frame, logFrame, noPreload) {
 						pokemon.searchid = searchid;
 						pokemon.ident = pokemonid;
 						if (pokemon.needsReplace) {
-							pokemon = self.p1.newPokemon(self.parseDetails(name, pokemonid, details || ""), i);
+							pokemon = self.p1.newPokemon(self.parseDetails(name, pokemonid, details), i);
 						}
 					}
 					pokemon.slot = slot;