diff --git a/PBot/Factoids.pm b/PBot/Factoids.pm
index 61cbb5a5..b8e57b4d 100644
--- a/PBot/Factoids.pm
+++ b/PBot/Factoids.pm
@@ -355,11 +355,11 @@ sub expand_factoid_vars {
     next if not @factoids;
     my ($var_chan, $var) = ($factoids[0]->[0], $factoids[0]->[1]);
 
-    if(@factoids && $self->{factoids}->hash->{$var_chan}->{$var}->{type} eq 'text') {
+    if ($self->{factoids}->hash->{$var_chan}->{$var}->{type} eq 'text') {
       my $change = $self->{factoids}->hash->{$var_chan}->{$var}->{action};
       my @list = split(/\s|(".*?")/, $change);
       my @mylist;
-      for(my $i = 0; $i <= $#list; $i++) {
+      for (my $i = 0; $i <= $#list; $i++) {
         push @mylist, $list[$i] if $list[$i];
       }
       my $line = int(rand($#mylist + 1));