diff --git a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
index da3c63df..b142a62d 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/Core/Interpreter.pm
@@ -1090,6 +1090,8 @@ sub extract_bracketed($self, $string, $open_bracket = '{', $close_bracket = '}',
                 } elsif (@prefix) {
                     $prefix_match = 0;
                     $state = 'prefixgroup';
+                } else {
+                    $state = 'openbracket';
                 }
             }
 
diff --git a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
index 36324ee9..63c993c1 100644
--- a/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
+++ b/lib/PBot/VERSION.pm
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ use PBot::Imports;
 # These are set by the /misc/update_version script
 use constant {
     BUILD_NAME     => "PBot",
-    BUILD_REVISION => 4673,
+    BUILD_REVISION => 4674,
     BUILD_DATE     => "2023-05-11",
 };