diff --git a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
index a4c42c25691..ed0c6b1bf34 100644
--- a/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
+++ b/code/__HELPERS/text.dm
@@ -314,6 +314,7 @@
 /proc/truncate(text, max_length)
 	if(length(text) > max_length)
 		return copytext(text, 1, max_length)
+	return text
 
 //Returns a string with reserved characters and spaces before the first word and after the last word removed.
 /proc/trim(text, max_length)