diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index fdd3f02..8f04e05 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
 
 All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file. If there is a `Changed` section please read carefully, as this often means that you will need to adapt your `config.yml`.
 
+## [1.7.3] - 2022-10-20
+
+### Fixed 1.7.3
+
+* Crash when message has no/invalid metadata
+
 ## [1.7.2] - 2022-10-17
 
 ### Fixed 1.7.2
diff --git a/tts.exe b/tts.exe
index 47b5dbb..091fdd9 100644
Binary files a/tts.exe and b/tts.exe differ
diff --git a/tts.py b/tts.py
index 401a3de..e59f2ea 100644
--- a/tts.py
+++ b/tts.py
@@ -171,6 +171,8 @@ class IRC:
         logging.debug('PRIVMSG received')
 
         tags = self.__get_tags(resp)
+        if not tags:
+            return False
         message = self.__get_message(resp)
 
         self.__priviledged_commands(message, tags)
@@ -185,6 +187,7 @@ class IRC:
         """
 
         tags = resp.split(';')
+
         for tag in tags:
             if tag.startswith('badges='):
                 badges = tag.rsplit('badges=',1)[1]
@@ -199,10 +202,14 @@ class IRC:
                 logging.debug('Username: %s', user)
 
         tags = {}
-        tags['badges'] = badges
-        tags['subscriber'] = subscriber
-        tags['msgid'] = msgid
-        tags['user'] = user
+        try:
+            tags['badges'] = badges
+            tags['subscriber'] = subscriber
+            tags['msgid'] = msgid
+            tags['user'] = user
+        except: # pylint: disable=bare-except
+            logging.error('Received an invalid message')
+            return False
 
         return tags
 
@@ -1610,7 +1617,7 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
 
     sys.tracebacklimit = 3
 
-    VERSION = "1.7.2"
+    VERSION = "1.7.3"
     CONF = {}
     tts_done = []
     MSG_QUEUE_RAW = []