diff --git a/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestEventDifficulty.java b/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestEventDifficulty.java
index 6b1299ed1f1..804502fcf83 100644
--- a/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestEventDifficulty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/forge/quest/QuestEventDifficulty.java
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package forge.quest;
 
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
 /** 
  * TODO: Write javadoc for this type.
  *
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ public enum QuestEventDifficulty {
     }
     
     public static QuestEventDifficulty fromString(String src) {
+        if ( StringUtils.isBlank(src) )
+            return MEDIUM; // player have custom files, that didn't specify a valid difficulty
+
         for(QuestEventDifficulty qd : QuestEventDifficulty.values()) {
             if( src.equalsIgnoreCase(qd.inFile) || src.equalsIgnoreCase(qd.name()) )
                 return qd;