diff --git a/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/elements/EditorPopupMenu.java b/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/elements/EditorPopupMenu.java
index dd37798a..81623955 100644
--- a/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/elements/EditorPopupMenu.java
+++ b/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/elements/EditorPopupMenu.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public void updateUiState() {
 		EditableType type = EditableType.fromEntry(referenceEntry);
 
 		this.renameItem.setEnabled(isRenamable && (type != null && this.gui.isEditable(type)));
-		this.pasteItem.setEnabled(isRenamable && (type != null && this.gui.isEditable(type)) && !GuiUtil.getClipboard().equals(""));
+		this.pasteItem.setEnabled(isRenamable && (type != null && this.gui.isEditable(type)) && GuiUtil.hasClipboardText());
 		this.editJavadocItem.setEnabled(isRenamable && this.gui.isEditable(EditableType.JAVADOC));
 		this.showInheritanceItem.setEnabled(isClassEntry || isMethodEntry || isConstructorEntry);
 		this.showImplementationsItem.setEnabled(isClassEntry || isMethodEntry);
diff --git a/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/util/GuiUtil.java b/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/util/GuiUtil.java
index 106859cc..37851fa9 100644
--- a/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/util/GuiUtil.java
+++ b/enigma-swing/src/main/java/cuchaz/enigma/gui/util/GuiUtil.java
@@ -5,7 +5,9 @@
 import java.awt.Desktop;
 import java.awt.Font;
 import java.awt.Toolkit;
+import java.awt.datatransfer.Clipboard;
 import java.awt.datatransfer.StringSelection;
+import java.awt.datatransfer.Transferable;
 import java.awt.event.MouseAdapter;
 import java.awt.event.MouseEvent;
 import java.awt.event.MouseListener;
@@ -87,7 +89,22 @@ public static void copyToClipboard(String text) {
 		Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().setContents(new StringSelection(text), null);
 	}
 
+	public static boolean hasClipboardText() {
+		Clipboard systemClipboard = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
+		Transferable contents = systemClipboard.getContents(null);
+
+		if (contents != null) {
+			return contents.isDataFlavorSupported(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
+		}
+
+		return false;
+	}
+
 	public static String getClipboard() {
+		if (!hasClipboardText()) {
+			return "";
+		}
+
 		try {
 			return (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
 		} catch (UnsupportedFlavorException | IOException e) {