diff --git a/plugins/PostProcessingPlugin/scripts/ChangeAtZ.py b/plugins/PostProcessingPlugin/scripts/ChangeAtZ.py
index ba7b06bb1b..cdbb4a79ef 100644
--- a/plugins/PostProcessingPlugin/scripts/ChangeAtZ.py
+++ b/plugins/PostProcessingPlugin/scripts/ChangeAtZ.py
@@ -367,6 +367,8 @@ class ChangeAtZ(Script):
             modified_gcode = ""
             lines = active_layer.split("\n")
             for line in lines:
+                if line.strip() == "":
+                    continue
                 if ";Generated with Cura_SteamEngine" in line:
                     TWinstances += 1
                     modified_gcode += ";ChangeAtZ instances: %d\n" % TWinstances